mor·tal·i·ty

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。
[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。
see also infant mortality
Extra Examples
- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- low
- early
- …
verb + mortality
- cause
- decrease
- reduce
- …
mortality + verb
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
mortality + noun
- level
- rate
- data
- …
preposition
- mortality among
- mortality from
phrases
- a decline in mortality
- an increase in mortality
[countable] (specialist) a death死亡
- hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital)医院里的死亡数字
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- low
- early
- …
verb + mortality
- cause
- decrease
- reduce
- …
mortality + verb
- increase
- decrease
- fall
- …
mortality + noun
- level
- rate
- data
- …
preposition
- mortality among
- mortality from
phrases
- a decline in mortality
- an increase in mortality

Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin mortalitas, from mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.

单词	mortality
释义	mor·tal·i·ty 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。 [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。 see also infant mortality Extra Examples 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 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective high low early … verb + mortality cause decrease reduce … mortality + verb increase decrease fall … mortality + noun level rate data … preposition mortality among mortality from phrases a decline in mortality an increase in mortality [countable] (specialist) a death死亡 hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital)医院里的死亡数字 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective high low early … verb + mortality cause decrease reduce … mortality + verb increase decrease fall … mortality + noun level rate data … preposition mortality among mortality from phrases a decline in mortality an increase in mortality Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin mortalitas, from mortalis, from mors, mort- ‘death’.
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