fatality 详细解释

fatality

[fə'tæliti]

n.死亡, 灾祸,天命, 致命性

n.

1. (因意外事故的)死亡; 死者; 死亡事故; 灾祸[C]

It was a bad crash, but surprisingly there were no fatalities.

这是一起严重的相撞事故, 但却意外地无一死亡。

2. (疾病等)致命; 不治[U]

the fatality of certain diseases

某些疾病的致命性

3. 宿命; 命运[S]

The modern world is dominated by a sense of fatality.

现代社会为一种宿命意识所支配。

词形变化

名词复数: fatalities |

词义辨析

同义参见:

death  

英英释义

名词 fatality:

a death resulting from an accident or a disaster

同义词:human death

the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters

补充

fatalityfatality英:[fəˈtæliti] 美:[feˈtælɪti, fə-]n.1.恶性事故2.致命性3.命运, 天命

例句

1. Drunk-driving fatalities have declined more than ten percent over the past ten years.酒后驾车死亡人数在过去10年中下降了10%以上。 2. There was a 40 per cent increase in traffic fatalities among cyclists.死于交通事故的骑行者数量增加了40%。 3. We want action before a fatality occurs.我们希望在出现意外死亡之前采取行动。 4. The driver is dead. The other five fatalities were passengers in the train.司机身亡。其余五名死者是火车上的乘客。 5. The question is not the fatality of a disease, but quality of life of the sufferer.问题不是疾病的致命性, 而是患者的生命质量。 6. shooting was heard and there were fatalities.听见有枪声,死了一些人。 7. the plot needs a darker sense of fatality to cover its absurdities.这个情节需要一种更深沉的宿命感来掩饰其荒谬性。 8. There were no fatalities in the fire.火灾中没有人死亡。 9. The car crash caused one fatality and several serious injuries.车祸导致一人死亡,数人重伤。 10. war fatalities阵亡人数 11. a disease with a high fatality rate [=a disease that frequently causes death]致死率很高的疾病