fatal
- 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
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
來自fate, 命運(yùn)。
英英釋意
- 1. bringing death
- 2. having momentous consequences; of decisive importance;
- "that fateful meeting of the U.N. when...it declared war on North Korea"- Saturday Rev
- "the fatal day of the election finally arrived"
- 3. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;
- "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
- "a calamitous defeat"
- "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
- "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
- "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
- "a fateful error"
- 4. controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined;
- "a fatal series of events"
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.
同義詞辨析
deadly, fatal, mortal, lethal
這些形容詞均表示"致命的"之意。
deadly: 指能致命或?qū)嶋H已致命的事物,也可指企圖致死他人的人。
fatal: 正式用詞,強(qiáng)調(diào)死亡的不可避免性,多用于指傷或疾病等。
mortal: 語氣強(qiáng),指導(dǎo)致死亡的直接原因。
lethal: 指由于某物本身具有致命的性能。
考試真題
- What was Kodak's fatal mistake?
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
- The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary ( ' , and thereby the FAA) from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.
出自-2015年12月閱讀原文
- It masks the fatal weaknesses of government policy.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
- They would help to spread a fatal disease.
出自-2013年12月聽力原文
- In fact, a virus emerged in the 1970s that could've been just that fatal.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
- Any crack in that front could be fatal for tech companies that must operate worldwide.
2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B
- Such wariness is well founded: statistics show, for example, that a teenage driver with a same-age passenger in the car is at higher risk of a fatal crash than an adolescent driving alone or with an adult.
2018年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B
- The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary and thereby the FA from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted
2015年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C
- Since the beginning, this price tag has been PreCheck’s fatal flaw.
出自-2017年考研閱讀原文
- since the beginning, this price tag has been PreCheck's fatal flaw.
2017年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ
實(shí)用場景例句
- a fatal accident/blow/illness
- 致命的事故 / 一擊 / 疾病
牛津詞典
- a potentially fatal form of cancer
- 潛在致死型癌癥
牛津詞典
- If she gets ill again it could prove fatal .
- 如果她再患病,就會(huì)有性命之憂。
牛津詞典
- a fatal error/mistake
- 災(zāi)難性的錯(cuò)誤
牛津詞典
- Any delay would be fatal.
- 任何延誤都可能導(dǎo)致失敗。
牛津詞典
- There was a fatal flaw in the plan.
- 計(jì)劃中有一個(gè)致命的缺陷。
牛津詞典
- It'd be fatal to try and stop them now.
- 現(xiàn)在要試圖制止他們就會(huì)導(dǎo)致災(zāi)難性后果。
牛津詞典
- fatally injured/wounded
- 受致命傷
牛津詞典
- The plan was fatally flawed from the start.
- 這個(gè)計(jì)劃一開始就有致命的缺陷。
牛津詞典
- 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。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He made the fatal mistake of compromising early...
- 他犯了過早妥協(xié)的致命錯(cuò)誤。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...the fatal stabbing of a police sergeant...
- 對(duì)警官致命的一刺
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- A hospital spokesman said she had suffered a fatal heart attack.
- 醫(yī)院發(fā)言人說她死于心臟病發(fā)作。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The fatal enemy of heart is the lass of time.
- 心靈的致命的仇敵,乃是時(shí)間的魔合.
期刊摘選
- However, the inhaled form can be fatal if a person does not receive antibiotic treatment.
- 但是吸入形式的感染卻能夠致命,如果沒有得到抗菌素的治療.
期刊摘選
- It would be fatal to bring in outsider.
- 把外人引進(jìn)來可能招致災(zāi)難.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.
- 1742年,他染上了致命的天花.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- This is a fatal absurdity.
- 這真是荒謬極了.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- One moment of inattention when driving could be fatal.
- 開車時(shí)稍一疏忽就可能出人命.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The bite of a mad dog is fatal.
- 被瘋狗咬傷會(huì)致死的.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- Her children's death is a fatal blow on her.
- 孩子們的死對(duì)她是致命的打擊.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- I made the fatal mistake of letting her talk.
- 我讓她講話是犯了嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The enemy got a fatal blow in the battle.
- 敵人在戰(zhàn)斗中受到致命的打擊.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- The wound may be fatal.
- 傷勢(shì)危急.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The loss of all my money was fatal to my plan.
- 錢都虧損了,把我的計(jì)劃也毀滅了.
《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- The patient has contracted a fatal illness. There is little chance of his recovery.
- 這個(gè)病人已病入膏肓, 沒有多少痊愈的希望了.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The disease is potentially fatal.
- 這種疾病可能會(huì)致命.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- This fatal miscalculation lost them the final victory.
- 這個(gè)致命的錯(cuò)誤估計(jì)使他們未能奪得最后勝利.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Fatal accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years.
- 近年來死亡事故發(fā)生的頻率已經(jīng)下降.
《簡明英漢詞典》