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单词 fatal
释义 fa·tal
I. \ˈfād.əl, -ātəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin & Middle French; Middle French fatal, from Latin fatalis, from fatum fate + -alis -al — more at fate
1. obsolete
 a. : decreed or appointed by destiny : fated
 b. : doomed, condemned
2. : attended by or fraught with acts or a potential act of fate : fateful
 < a fatal hour >
 < a fatal spot >
3.
 a. : of or belonging to fate
  < this science sets a fatal necessity on things — H.O.Taylor >
  : concerned with or dealing in fate
  < the fatal thread of his life had nearly run out >
  : resembling fate in foretelling destiny : prophetic
  < felt he could console himself by arguing that death was written in the fatal books >
 b. : like fate in proceeding according to an inevitable or fixed sequence
  < there was always physical exercise, but that had a fatal way of coming after a time to raise more problems than it solved — Rebecca West >
 c. obsolete : ominous, foreboding
 d. : determining one's fate
  < this fatal gift of enthusiasm, an inherited trait which determined her later life — E.S.Bates >
  < the fatal flaw in this dazzling woman: a total lack of taste — Marya Mannes >
4.
 a. : causing death
  < a fatal blow >
  < the fatal weapon was found by the police >
  < a fatal diabetic coma — Havelock Ellis >
 b. : causing or resulting in destruction or ruin : calamitous, disastrous
  < the fatal weekend on which he lost his total fortune in a fire >
  < the fatal eruption of the volcano that destroyed people and towns and ruined the countryside >
 c. : difficult to avoid and causing a harm or evil less grievous than death or ruin
  < the fatal moment in which she accepted his proposal and began a life of boredom and frustration >
  < a fatal invitation to triviality — Mark Schorer >
 specifically of a woman : ruinously attractive : being a femme fatale
Synonyms: see deadly
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: fatal, adjective
: fatality 5a
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