| 英语单词 | mortal |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['mɔːtl] 美 ['mɔːrtl] |
| 中文释义 | adj.致命的;终有一死的;不共戴天的;极度的 n.凡人 |
| 英语例句 | (1) His injuries proved mortal. (2) Man is mortal. (3) The antagonisms between the two empires and systems were mortal. (4) She lives in mortal terror of her husband's anger. (5) No mortal could vie with Zeus. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 他的伤成了致命伤。 (2) 人都是会死的。 (3) 这两个帝国和两种制度之间,有着不共戴天的仇恨。 (4) 她极度害怕她丈夫发脾气。 (5) 任何凡人都没法与宙斯匹敌。 |
| vocabulary简明 | You are a mortal because you are mortal. This means that you are an individual destined to die because you are susceptible to death. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The word mortal has one of the most ancient genealogies of any word in English or any other language. It is related to English words like "murder" and "mortuary," and to the French, Italian, Spanish, and Russian words for "death." Something that can kill you can also be described as mortal. If you're in mortal danger, you're in a deadly situation. Action heroes often think they are dealing their enemy a mortal blow, but sometimes the enemy manages to come back to life. People are called mortals because at some point, they die. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]终有一死的;不能永生的 If you refer to the fact that people are mortal, you mean that they have to die and cannot live for ever.
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2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]凡人;肉眼凡胎;普通人 You can describe someone as a mortal when you want to say that they are an ordinary person.
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]极其严重的;致命的 You can use mortal to show that something is very serious or may cause death. [ADJ n]
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4 [ADJ 形容词]极度的;极大的 You can use mortal to emphasize that a feeling is extremely great or severe. [ADJ n] [emphasis]
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