mortality

[mɔ:'tæliti]

n.死亡率, 死亡数目, 必死性

例句与用法：

The mortality wrought by an epidemic.

由一传染病引起的大批死亡

If this disease spreads, the doctors fear that there'll be a high mortality.

如果这种病传播开来，医生们担心死亡率将会很高。

Infant mortality (ie The rate at which babies die) was 20 deaths per thousand live births in 1986.

1986年的婴儿死亡率为生育成活率的千分之二十。

Infant mortality is still very high in some developing countries.

某些发展中国家的婴儿死亡率仍然很高。

词形变化：

名词复数: mortalities |

详细释义：

n.[U]

1. 必死性

2. 死亡数; 死亡率[S1]

maternal mortality

产妇死亡率

The mortality from lung cancer is increasing.

肺癌死亡人数在增多。

3. (事业等的)失败次数; 失败率[S1]

4. 人类