| 单词 | fatality |
| 释义 | fatality (once / 2352 pages) n If you hear on your car radio that there has been a traffic accident up ahead with one fatality, you should be very thankful you were not involved. A fatality is, quite simply and grimly, a human death. You will often hear fatality used in conjunction with the aftermath of a disaster, natural or otherwise. For example, a news broadcaster may say, "We have received reports of at least one fatality as a result of the storm." Fatality has its roots in the Latin word fatalis, meaning "decreed by fate." When it comes to fatality, being in the wrong place at the wrong time can certainly be ill-fated. WORD FAMILYfatality: fatalities+/fatal: fataler, fatalest, fatalism, fatality, fatally, nonfatal/fatalism: fatalisms, fatalist, fatalistic/fatalist: fatalists/fatalistic: fatalistically/nonfatal: nonfatally USAGE EXAMPLESNo Americans were believed to be among the fatalities. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) McKinney Police said they “working the scene of a fatality plane crash.” Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Four cars were involved in the crash; Morris was the only fatality. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters Hyper deadliness, lethality the quality of being deadly 2n a death resulting from an accident or a disaster a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities Syn|Hypo|Hyper human death killing, violent death an event that causes someone to die casualty, fatal accidentan accident that causes someone to die collateral damage(euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations death, decease, expiry the event of dying or departure from life |
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