fatal

英 ['fe?t(?)l] 美['fetl]
  • adj. 致命的;重大的;毀滅性的;命中注定的
  • n. (Fatal)人名;(葡、芬)法塔爾

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詞態(tài)變化


副詞:?fatally;

中文詞源


fatal 致命的

來自fate, 命運(yùn)。

英文詞源


fatal (adj.)
late 14c., "decreed by fate," also "fraught with fate," from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate, decreed, destined; destructive, deadly," from fatum (see fate (n.)); sense of "causing or attended with death" in English is from early 15c. Meaning "concerned with or dealing with destiny" is from mid-15c.

雙語例句


1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill
成功不是終點(diǎn),失敗也并非末日,最重要的是繼續(xù)前進(jìn)的勇氣。

來自金山詞霸 每日一句

2. It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.
很難判斷是誰給了致命的一擊。

來自柯林斯例句

3. His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.
他所在的政黨剛剛經(jīng)歷了一次類似心臟病突發(fā)般幾近致命的打擊。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Statistically, ninety-eight percent of all acute sunstroke cases are fatal.
據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì),急性中暑病例中有98%是致命的。

來自柯林斯例句

5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
歐洲若與美國反目顯然會(huì)有致命的后果。

來自柯林斯例句