英语单词 | mortality |
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英美音标 | [mɔ:'tæliti] |
中文释义 | n.死亡率 |
vocab简明 | One of the most difficult things for a child is experiencing the death of a beloved pet; it's a hard lesson in mortality. Mortality is the quality of being mortal, or the reality of death. |
vocab扩展 | It's not easy for most people to come to terms with their own mortality, or the fact that they really will die someday. Mortality can refer to an individual or to a larger group of people, particularly when you're talking about the total number of deaths within a population, using the phrase mortality rate. The words mortality and mortal come from the Latin root mortis, or "death." |
真题原句 | But the great universal of male mortality is being changed. |
柯林斯星级 | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]死亡人数;死亡率 The mortality in a particular place or situation is the number of people who die. [oft N n]
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来源 | 2000.2 |
Tags: 单词::2000
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