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- (of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to death（常指相对于神的人）总有一死的：
all men are mortal.
人总有一死。
1.1
- of or relating to humanity as subject to death（与）死（有关）的：
the coffin held the mortal remains of her uncle.
棺材里躺着她叔叔的遗体。
1.2
- informal conceivable or imaginable〈非正式〉想得到的, 想像得出的, 可能：
punishment out of all mortal proportion to the offence.
对罪行施加的难以想像的严惩。
2
- attrib. causing or liable to cause death; fatal致死的, 致命的：
a mortal disease
致命的疾病
figurative 〈喻〉the scandal appeared to have struck a mortal blow to the government.
这丑闻看起来是对政府的致命一击。
2.1
- (of a battle) fought to the death（战斗）你死我活的：
from the outbuildings came the screams of men in mortal combat.
从外面建筑物传来殊死战斗者的尖叫声。
2.2
- (of an enemy or a state of hostility) admitting or allowing no reconciliation until death（敌人或敌对状态）不共戴天的, 不相容的。
2.3
- Christian Theology denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace【基督教神学】（因罪孽深重而）灵魂无法得救的, 不能蒙神恩得宽恕的, 不可饶恕的。常与VENIAL相对。
2.4
- (of a feeling, especially fear) very intense（情感, 尤指恐惧）极强烈的：
parents live in mortal fear of children's diseases.
父母们都活在害怕孩子生病的巨大恐惧中。
2.5
- informal very great〈非正式〉极大的; 非常：
he was in a mortal hurry.
他非常匆忙。
2.6
- informal, dated long and tedious〈非正式, 旧〉漫长得令人生厌的：
for three mortal days it rained.
漫长的三天里, 雨一直下个不停。
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- a human being subject to death, often contrasted with a divine being（相对于神的）人。
2
- humorous a person contrasted with others regarded as being of higher status or ability〈幽默〉地位（或能力）不如他人者：
an ambassador had to live in a style which was not expected of lesser mortals.
大使所需的生活排场是小人物所不能设想的。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French， or from Latin mortalis, from mors, mort- 'death'.