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lethal

adjective
 
🔊/ˈliːθl/
🔊/ˈliːθl/
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  1.  
    causing or able to cause death致命的；可致死的 synonym deadly, fatal
    • She had been given a lethal dose of poison.已给她服下致死剂量的毒药。
    • Any sharp pointed instrument is potentially a lethal weapon.任何尖锐的工具都可能是致命武器。
    • (figurative) The closure of the factory dealt a lethal blow to the town.那家工厂的关闭对这座城镇是致命的打击。🔊🔊
    • The snake’s venom is rarely lethal to humans.蛇的毒液很少对人致命。
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    • All these knives are absolutely lethal.这些刀都是绝对致命的。
    • It was a potentially lethal mixture of drugs.这种混合药物可能会致命。
    • The pesticide is lethal to all insect life.这种杀虫剂可以杀死所有昆虫。
    • He has been sentenced to death by lethal injection.他被判死刑，以注射毒剂方式执行。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • highly
    • potentially
    • …
    preposition
    • to
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  2.  
    (informal) causing or able to cause a lot of harm or damage危害极大的；破坏性极大的
    • You and that car—it's a lethal combination!你和那辆车真是致命的组合！🔊🔊
    • The group claims that a lethal cocktail of pollutants is being poured into Scotland's rivers and estuaries.该组织声称，致命的污染物混合物正在倒入苏格兰的河流和河口。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • highly
    • potentially
    • …
    preposition
    • to
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘causing spiritual death’): from Latin lethalis, from lethum, a variant (influenced by Greek lēthē ‘forgetfulness’), of letum ‘death’.