mortality
noun /mɔːˈtæləti/
/mɔːrˈtæləti/
(plural mortalities)
- [uncountable] the state of being human and not living forever
生命的有限 - After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality.
她母亲去世后,她开始强烈意识到自己的生命是有限的。
- After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality.
- [uncountable] the number of deaths in a particular situation or period of time
死亡数量;死亡率 - Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing.
死于肺癌的人数仍在上升。
- Poor hygiene led to high mortality among children.
卫生条件很差,导致儿童死亡率很高。 - The disease has caused widespread mortality.
这种疾病已经造成了大面积死亡。 - a condition that often results in premature mortality
经常导致患者过早死亡的疾病 - a lower annual mortality from cancer
较低的癌症病人年死亡人数
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- early
- …
- cause
- decrease
- reduce
- …
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
- level
- rate
- data
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- mortality among
- mortality from
- a decline in mortality
- an increase in mortality
- Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing.
- [countable] (specialist) a death
死亡 - hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital)
医院里的死亡数字
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- early
- …
- cause
- decrease
- reduce
- …
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
- level
- rate
- data
- …
- mortality among
- mortality from
- a decline in mortality
- an increase in mortality
- hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital)
词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin mortalitas, from mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.