| 词汇 | mortality |
| 释义 | mortality 1 ENTRIES FOUND: mortality (noun) mortality /moɚˈtæləti/ noun plural mortalities mortality /moɚˈtæləti/ noun plural mortalities Learner's definition of MORTALITY 1 [noncount] : the quality or state of being a person or thing that is alive and therefore certain to die : the quality or state of being mortal必死性；终有一死 The news of her cousin's death reminded her of her own mortality. [=reminded her that she would also die some day]表兄过世的消息使她想到自己也终有一死。 — opposite immortality 2 : the death of a person, animal, etc.死亡 [count] cancer mortalities [=deaths caused by cancer]癌症造成的死亡 [noncount] a leading cause of mortality死亡的主要原因 3 [noncount] : the number of deaths that occur in a particular time or place死亡率 a decrease in cancer mortality [=a decrease in the number of people dying from cancer]癌症死亡率的下降 The government is trying to reduce infant mortality. = The government is trying to reduce the mortality rate among infants. [=trying to reduce the number of infants who die each year]政府正在努力降低婴儿死亡率。 |
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