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单词 mortality
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mortalitynoun [ U ]

uk/mɔːˈtæl.ə.ti/us/mɔːrˈtæl.ə.t̬i/formal

the way that people do not live for ever:

Her death made him more aware of his own mortality.
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immortality

C2 the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time:

the mortality rate
Infant mortality is much higher in the poorest areas of the city.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Death and dying

  • be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
  • bereave
  • bite
  • bury
  • buy the farm idiom
  • deceased
  • depart
  • done
  • drop
  • expire
  • foot
  • gone
  • inquest
  • loss
  • peg
  • posthumous
  • road kill
  • SIDS
  • sudden infant death syndrome
  • the disappeared

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mortalitynoun [ U ]

us/mɔrˈtæl·ɪ·t̬i/

the condition of being mortal:

A sense of her own mortality overcame her.

Mortality is also the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time:

infant mortality
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