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- mortal [ 'mɔrtl] [ 'mɔːtl]
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1.
adjective
终有一死的；不免一死的
- all mortal beings
- 一切生物；所有生灵
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2.
adjective
人的；凡人的；人类的
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3.
adjective
世间的；人世的
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4.
adjective
死的；临死的；濒死的
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5.
adjective
致命的
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6.
adjective
殊死的；拼命的；你死我活的
- mortal combat
- 殊死的战斗
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7.
adjective
不可调和的；不共戴天的
- a mortal enemy
- 不共戴天的仇敌
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8.
adjective
强烈的；严重的
- mortal terror
- 极大的恐怖
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9.
adjective
[verbal]
极度的；非常的
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10.
adjective
[verbal]
冗长而无聊的
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11.
adjective
[verbal]
可想象得出的；可能的
- of no mortal good to anyone
- 对任何人都毫无好处的
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12.
adjective
[theology]
十恶不赦的；罪大恶极的；（罪恶）使灵魂死亡的[区别于venial]
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13.
noun
人；凡人
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14.
adverb
[dialect]
非常；极
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1.
adjective
终有一死的；不免一死的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- mortal ['mɔːtəl]
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1.
adj
(of living beings, esp human beings) subject to death
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2.
adj
of or involving life or the world
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3.
adj
ending in or causing death; fatal
- a mortal blow
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4.
adj
deadly or unrelenting
- a mortal enemy
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5.
adj
of or like the fear of death; dire
- mortal terror
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6.
adj
great or very intense
- mortal pain
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7.
adj
possible
- there was no mortal reason to go
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8.
adj
[slang]
long and tedious
- for three mortal hours
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9.
n
a mortal being
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10.
n
[informal]
a person
- a mean mortal
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11.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin mort
a lis, from mors death
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1.
adj
(of living beings, esp human beings) subject to death
Examples
- That which is mortal is not immortal.
- 凡是会死的就不是永生的。 → identical proposition
- all mortal beings
- 一切生物；所有生灵 → mortal
- mortal combat
- 殊死的战斗 → mortal
- a mortal enemy
- 不共戴天的仇敌 → mortal
- mortal terror
- 极大的恐怖 → mortal
- of no mortal good to anyone
- 对任何人都毫无好处的 → mortal
- "All men are mortal" is an affirmative proposition.
- “人总是要死的”，是一个肯定命题。 → affirmative
- I was able to exact my revenge upon my mortal enemy.
- 我得以对死敌进行了报复。
- all men are mortal → all
- a mortal blow → mortal
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