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单词 lethal
释义
lethal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.θəl/us
/ˈliː.θəl/
C2
abletocauseorcausingdeath;extremelydangerous:
致命的；极其危险的
Threeminutesafter thefirestarted, thehousewasfullof lethalfumes.起火3分钟后，房子里充满了致命的毒气。
In thecarthepolicefoundguns,knives, and other lethalweapons(=weaponsthat cankill).警察在车里找到了枪支、刀具及其他一些凶器。
A 59-year-old man wasexecutedby lethalinjection(= by having apoisonoussubstanceput into hisbody)thismorning.今晨一位59岁的男性罪犯被执行注射死刑。
informalThatcombinationoftirednessandalcoholis lethal(= has a verybadeffect).身体的疲劳加上酒精的作用会产生非常严重的后果。
Synonym
deadly
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
able to harm you
  • dangerousIt's dangerous to walk alone in the woods at night.
  • unsafeDon't play in the street - it's unsafe.
  • hazardousHeavy rain is causing hazardous driving conditions.
  • perilousA perilous journey through the mountains was their only escape route.
  • treacherousIce had made the roads treacherous.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Killing
  • -cide
  • abattoir
  • anti-suicide
  • assisted suicide
  • butchery
  • claimsomeone'slifeidiom
  • commit
  • culpable homicide
  • deadly
  • destroy
  • exterminate
  • liquidate
  • misery
  • mortal
  • neutralization
  • neutralize
  • non-fatal
  • overlie
  • poison
  • wring
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lethally
(Definition oflethalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lethal| American Dictionary

lethal
adjective
us
/ˈli·θəl/
abletocauseorcausingdeath;extremelydangerous:
a lethalweapon
(Definition oflethalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflethal

lethal
Only deleterious mutations (positive s values) were assumed for the effects on fitness, andlethalmutations were not included in the analysis.
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The author reported that thelethaleffect of testosterone was because it ' stiffens the blood vessels'.
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On crossing, therefore, the viability and the number oflethalequivalents due to them return to the original values of the ancestral population.
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Thus began the first influx of weaponry morelethalthan the spears which had previously served as instruments of hunting and raiding.
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There is no evidence of a cosmic intruder of sufficient size to belethal.
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Indeed, as long aslethalpalliation is permitted, those distinctions cannot even place withdrawing life-sustaining treatment and active euthanasia on different sides of the line.
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Consequently, inbreeding depression due tolethalmutations remains unchanged for all levels of gene flow, and results are almost identical to those for single populations.
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In the present experiments ifosfamide was tested for induction of dominantlethaland specific-locus mutations in germ cells of male mice.
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High inbreeding depression, selective interference among loci and the threshold selfing rate for purging recessivelethalmutations.
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First, that neither of the two objections islethalto the wager.
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Defining the limits of survival:lethalpulmonary hypoplasia after midtrimester premature rupture of membranes.
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It was a miserably shortsighted decision andlethalin its consequences.
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This suggests that thelethalmutations were about 8 times more successfully ' masked ' than the non-lethalones.
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The drama culminates with the workers uniting in a communal effort to repair the potentiallylethalseepage.
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It has been shown thatlethalpulmonary hypoplasia may be predicted on the basis of indirect assessment of lung development.
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