fatal
/ˈfeɪtəl/adjective
1- causing death致命的：
a fatal accident.
死亡事故。
1.1
- leading to failure or disaster导致失败的; 灾难性的：
there were three fatal flaws in the strategy.
这个策略有三个致命的缺点。
派生词
fatally
adverb词源
late Middle English （in the senses 'destined by fate' and 'ominous'）： from Old French, or from Latin fatalis, from fatum （see FATE）.