fatal
英 [ˈfeɪ.təl]
美 [ˈfeɪ.t̬əl]
- adj. 致命的;重大的;毁灭性的;命中注定的
- n. (Fatal)人名;(葡、芬)法塔尔
记忆“fatal”可以使用其词根“fat”联想到“fatality”(致命性),然后想象一个“fate”(命运)的结果是致命的,比如一个无法改变的悲惨命运,这样就可以记住“fatal”意味着致命的或灾难性的。
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- 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.
- 1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill
- 成功不是终点,失败也并非末日,最重要的是继续前进的勇气。
- 2. It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.
- 很难判断是谁给了致命的一击。
- 3. His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.
- 他所在的政党刚刚经历了一次类似心脏病突发般几近致命的打击。
- 4. Statistically, ninety-eight percent of all acute sunstroke cases are fatal.
- 据统计,急性中暑病例中有98%是致命的。
- 5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
- 欧洲若与美国反目显然会有致命的后果。