mortality
UK [mɔ:'tæl.ə.ti] US [mɔ:r'tæl.ə.tˌi] noun uncountable formal
■the way that people do not live forever 必死性，生命的有限•Her death made him more aware of his own mortality.她的去世让他更加意识到自己终有一死。 Compare immortality the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time 死亡数字，死亡率•the mortality rate死亡率 •Infant mortality is much higher in the poorest areas of the city.在这个城市最贫困的地区，婴儿的死亡率要高得多。 |