mortal
🇬🇧/ˈmɔːt(ə)l/ 🇺🇸/ˈmɔːrt(ə)l/📚 13684 104 2四级六级考研托福雅思If you refer to the fact that people are mortal, you mean that they have to die and cannot live forever. 终有一死的
adjective [原级]终有一死的,不能永生的;极其严重的,致命的;至死方休的,不共戴天的;极度的,极其强烈的;死的,临死的;(因罪孽深重而)灵魂无法得救的,不能蒙神恩得宽恕的;<非正式>想像得出的,可能;世间的,凡人的
You can use mortal to show that something is very serious or may cause death.
致命的 • The police were defending themselves and others against mortal danger. 警察在保卫他们自己和其他人免受致命的危险。
noun [抽象名词]凡人,普通人;地位(或能力)不如他人者
You can describe someone as a mortal when you want to say that they are an ordinary person.
凡人 • Tickets seem unobtainable to the ordinary mortal. 票对于普通大众来说似乎是得不到的。
All human beings are mortal. 人终有一死。
单词造句:
adj. 终有一死的;致死的
- All human beings are mortal. 终有一死的
- a mortal wound 致死的
- He became mortally ill a few months before we had planned to go and, when he knew that he was dying, he made me promise to go on my own. NCE3-57