fatality

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n.死亡, 灾祸,天命, 致命性

例句与用法：

There have been ten swimming fatalities (ie Ten people have lost their lives while swimming) this summer.

今年夏季已有十人游泳遇溺。

There was a strange fatality about their both losing their jobs on the same day.

他们两人同一天失去工作，真是天意叵测。

词形变化：

名词复数: fatalities |

详细释义：

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。