| 英语单词 | fatality |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [fə'tæləti] 美 [fə'tæləti] |
| 中文释义 | n.死亡;灾祸;天命;致命性 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The explosion accident caused several fatalities. (2) There was a strange fatality about their both losing their jobs on the same day. (3) The most serious form of skin cancer has a 30% fatality rate. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 爆炸事故使数人死亡。 (2) 他们两人同一天失去工作,真是天意叵测。 (3) 皮肤癌的最严重情况有30%25的致死率。 |
| vocabulary简明 | If you hear on your car radio that there has been a traffic accident up ahead with one fatality, you should be very thankful you were not involved. A fatality is, quite simply and grimly, a human death. |
| vocabulary扩展 | You will often hear fatality used in conjunction with the aftermath of a disaster, natural or otherwise. For example, a news broadcaster may say, "We have received reports of at least one fatality as a result of the storm." Fatality has its roots in the Latin word fatalis, meaning "decreed by fate." When it comes to fatality, being in the wrong place at the wrong time can certainly be ill-fated. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](事故或暴力导致的)死亡 A fatality is a death caused by an accident or by violence. [FORMAL 正式]
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]宿命感;宿命论 Fatality is the feeling or belief that human beings cannot influence or control events.
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