英语词汇“mortality”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	mortality
释义	mor·tal·i·ty \mȯ(r)ˈtaləd.ē, -ətē, -i\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English mortalitee, from Middle French mortalité, from Latin mortalitat-, mortalitas, from mortalis mortal + -tat-, -tas -ty 1. : the quality or state of being mortal < salvation is the rescue of men from the mortality which sin has brought upon them — K.S.Latourette > 2. : the death of large numbers : a heavy loss of life (as by war or disease) < the Black Death of 1348 caused a terrible mortality throughout Europe > < those rabbits, frogs, hedgehogs and caterpillars which suffer such mortality on our country roads — Punch > 3. archaic : death < here on my knee I beg mortality — Shakespeare > 4. : the human race : mankind < take these tears, mortality's relief — Alexander Pope > 5. a. : the whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community < many died and the mortality among the children mounted daily — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. : the proportion of deaths to population or to a specific number of the population : death rate < for years has had the lowest general mortality and infant death rates — V.G.Heiser > — opposed to fertility c. : the number lost or the rate of loss or failure in a field of human endeavor (as business or education) < the mortality among college students > < the mortality rate of small businesses >
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