mortality

名词 mortality:

1. the quality or state of being mortal
2. the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
   同义词：deathrate, death rate, mortality rate, fatality rate

1. The mortality wrought by an epidemic.
   由一传染病引起的大批死亡
2. If this disease spreads, the doctors fear that there'll be a high mortality.
   如果这种病传播开来，医生们担心死亡率将会很高。
3. Infant mortality (ie The rate at which babies die) was 20 deaths per thousand live births in 1986.
   1986年的婴儿死亡率为生育成活率的千分之二十。
4. Infant mortality is still very high in some developing countries.
   某些发展中国家的婴儿死亡率仍然很高。

mor.tal.i.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 mor.tal.i.ties
The quality or condition of being mortal.
必死性：濒临死亡的特征或状态
Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life:
杀伤力：死亡，尤指大批死亡；沉重牺牲：
例句：
the mortality wrought by an epidemic.
由一传染病引起的大批死亡

Death rate.
死亡率
The rate of failure or loss:
失败率或损失率：
例句：
the high mortality among family-run farms.
私营农庄的高破产率