fatality

• n. 死亡；宿命；致命性；不幸；灾祸

词态变化

英文词源

fatality (n.)

late 15c., "quality of causing death," from French fatalité, from Late Latin fatalitatem (nominative fatalitas) "fatal necessity, fatality," from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate; destructive, deadly" (see fatal). Senses in 16c.-17c. included "determined by fate" and "a destiny." Meaning "an occurrence resulting in widespread death" is from 1840. Related: Fatalities.

双语例句

1. The case - fatality percentages were higher in the highly polluted areas.

致死病例的百分比,在重污染区较多.

来自辞典例句

2. It did not shrink from such words as fatality, bondage and the like.

它并不在乎诸如宿命 、 束缚之类的词语.

来自哲学部分

3. It is my conviction , or my delusion , that crime brings its own fatality with it.

我深信做坏事总没好报应.

来自辞典例句

4. A bite from a bushmaster has an 80 % fatality rate, even with anti - venom.

被巨蝮咬了的人80%会死, 即使有 抗 毒血清.

来自电影对白

5. The fatality rate of pneumonic plague a staggering 95 percent.

肺鼠疫的死亡率是达到惊人95%.

来自互联网