英语单词 | mortality |
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英美音标 | 英 [mɔː'tæləti] 美 [mɔːr'tæləti] |
中文释义 | n.死亡率;死亡数目;必死性 |
英语例句 | (1) Infant mortality is still very high in some developing countries. (2) The mortality from lung cancer is increasing. (3) These deaths are reminders of our own mortality. |
中文例句 | (1) 某些发展中国家的婴儿死亡率仍然很高。 (2) 肺癌死亡人数在增多。 (3) 这些死亡提醒我们总有一天会死去的命运。 |
vocabulary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. |
vocabulary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." |
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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