fatal

• adj. 致命的；重大的；毁灭性的；命中注定的
• n. (Fatal)人名；(葡、芬)法塔尔

词态变化

中文词源

来自fate, 命运。

英文词源

fatal (adj.)

late 14c., "decreed by fate," also "fraught with fate," from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate, decreed, destined; destructive, deadly," from fatum (see fate (n.)); sense of "causing or attended with death" in English is from early 15c. Meaning "concerned with or dealing with destiny" is from mid-15c.

双语例句

1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill

成功不是终点，失败也并非末日，最重要的是继续前进的勇气。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

2. It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.

很难判断是谁给了致命的一击。

来自柯林斯例句

3. His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.

他所在的政党刚刚经历了一次类似心脏病突发般几近致命的打击。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Statistically, ninety-eight percent of all acute sunstroke cases are fatal.

据统计，急性中暑病例中有98%是致命的。

来自柯林斯例句

5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.

欧洲若与美国反目显然会有致命的后果。

来自柯林斯例句