lethal
adjective /ˈliːθl/
/ˈliːθl/
- causing or able to cause death
致命的；可致死的 - She had been given a lethal dose of poison.
已给她服下致死剂量的毒药。 - Any sharp pointed instrument is potentially a lethal weapon.
任何尖锐的工具都可能是致命的武器。 - (figurative) The closure of the factory dealt a lethal blow to the town.
那家工厂的关闭对这座城镇是致命的打击。 - The snake’s venom is rarely lethal to humans.
这种蛇的毒液对人类很少致命。
- All these knives are absolutely lethal.
这些刀都是绝对致命的。 - It was a potentially lethal mixture of drugs.
这种混合药物可能会致命。 - The pesticide is lethal to all insect life.
这种杀虫剂可以杀死所有昆虫。 - He has been sentenced to death by lethal injection.
他被判死刑，以注射毒剂方式执行。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- absolutely
- highly
- potentially
- …
- to
- She had been given a lethal dose of poison.
- (informal) causing or able to cause a lot of harm or damage
危害极大的；破坏性极大的 - You and that car—it's a lethal combination!
你和那辆车真是致命的组合！ - The group claims that a lethal cocktail of pollutants is being poured into Scotland's rivers and estuaries.
该组织声称，一种致命的污染物混合物正被注入苏格兰的河流和河口。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- absolutely
- highly
- potentially
- …
- to
- You and that car—it's a lethal combination!
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘causing spiritual death’): from Latin lethalis, from lethum, a variant (influenced by Greek lēthē ‘forgetfulness’), of letum ‘death’.