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Mortality Mortal People Number Rate Mɔ:'Tæliti N.死亡率 Difficult

英语单词 mortality
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. 
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[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.
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  • ...the relationships between mortality and unemployment...

    死亡人数和失业人数之间的关系

  • The nation's infant mortality rate has reached a record low.

    该国的婴儿死亡率已降至历史最低水平。

来源 2000.2

Tags: 单词::2000

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