fatal adj. 1.命中注定的;避免不了的;必然的。 2.生死[成败]攸关的;致命的 (to). 3.毁灭性的;铸成不可挽回的错误的;悲惨的,不祥的;严重的,意外的。 a fatal blow 致命的打击。 a fatal disease 不治之症。 a fatal wound 致命伤。 a blow fatal to one's prospects 危害前途的巨大打击。 fatal and neglected 造成严重后果的疏忽 (= fatally neglected)。 fatal shears 死。 the fatal sisters 命运三女神 〔cf. the Fates〕. the fatal thread 生命线,生命,命脉。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted . 音乐和诗歌一受到干扰,就无法继续了。
Sweet potatoes had been thriving upon the weather that was fatal to everything else . 红薯的繁茂生长也像其它作物一样,全靠天气主宰。
We found the air as carefully excluded from the two bedrooms as if air were fatal to life . 我后发觉这两间屋子都密封紧密,好象透了风就要没命似的。
Indeed, with the exception of weariness and a few bruises, none of us was the worse for the terrifying adventure which had been fatal to all companions . 实际上,除了劳累和几处碰伤外,我们这伙人对刚才这场使我们许多同伴丧生的灾难倒没有什么不适。
The loss of all my money was fatal to my plan 钱都亏损了,把我的计划也毁灭了。
Cooked bones can be potentially fatal to dogs 煮熟的骨头是狗的潜在的指明的威胁。
A mistake now would be fatal to our success 现在的一个错误对我们的成功将是致命的。
This proved fatal to the zev mandate 事后证明,这对zev "强制要求"是致命的。
His illness was fatal to our plans ; it caused them to fail 他生病后我们的计划就落空了