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。

mortal

-al ⌜ 表示具有某种性质的 - indicating pertaining to or characterized by ~ ⌟

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