| 单词 | fatality rate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfatality rate b. A disaster resulting in death; a fatal accident or occurrence. attributive, as fatality figure, fatality rate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] > fatal accident fatality1840 the world > life > death > [noun] > death-rate mortality1621 death rate1849 death toll1864 fatality rate1897 1840 R. H. Barham Look at Clock in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 56 The shocking fatality Ran over, like wild-fire, the whole Principality. 1861 Times 7 Oct. The only fatalities were the five above mentioned, while a large number were more or less injured. 1897 Daily News 8 Jan. 6/2 What is called the fatality rate, that is to say, the proportion of deaths to cases, varies considerably in the case of diphtheria. 1912 Maclean's Feb. 433 The ‘fatality’ figures in Toronto..are as follows. 1966 Lancet 24 Dec. 1372/2 The daily fatality-rate..shows a peak on the second day in all the groups. 1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 27/1 The most likely explanation seemed to be a change in the fatality-rate. < as lemmas |
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