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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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