单词
mortality
英 [m??'t?l?t?]
美[m?r't?l?ti]
基本信息
- n. 死亡数，死亡率；必死性，必死的命运
GRE扩展词汇TEM8
中文词源
mortality 死亡率，死亡数量
来自mortal,死亡的，致命的。引申词义死亡率，死亡数量。
英文词源
- mortality (n.)
- mid-14c., "condition of being mortal," from Old French mortalite "massacre, slaughter; fatal illness; poverty; destruction" (12c.), from Latin mortalitem (nominative mortalitas) "state of being mortal; subjection to death," from mortalis (see mortal (adj.)). Meaning "widespread death" is from c. 1400; meaning "number of deaths from some cause or in a given period" is from 1640s.
双语例句
- 1. Premature birth is the main cause of perinatal mortality.
- 早产是临产死亡的主要原因。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The study also demonstrated a direct link between obesity and mortality.
- 该研究还表明了肥胖症和死亡率之间存在直接的联系。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The United States ranks 20th in its infant mortality rate.
- 美国在婴儿死亡率方面排名第20。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She has suddenly come face to face with her own mortality.
- 她突然间陷入了直面死亡的境地。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality.
- 她母亲去世后，她开始强烈意识到自己的生命是有限的。
来自《权威词典》
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