mortality
英 [m??'t?l?t?]
美[m?r't?l?ti]
- n. 死亡數(shù)，死亡率；必死性，必死的命運
GRE擴展詞匯TEM8
中文詞源
mortality 死亡率，死亡數(shù)量
來自mortal,死亡的，致命的。引申詞義死亡率，死亡數(shù)量。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Premature birth is the main cause of perinatal mortality.
- 早產(chǎn)是臨產(chǎn)死亡的主要原因。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The study also demonstrated a direct link between obesity and mortality.
- 該研究還表明了肥胖癥和死亡率之間存在直接的聯(lián)系。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The United States ranks 20th in its infant mortality rate.
- 美國在嬰兒死亡率方面排名第20。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She has suddenly come face to face with her own mortality.
- 她突然間陷入了直面死亡的境地。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality.
- 她母親去世后，她開始強烈意識到自己的生命是有限的。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》