mortality

英 [mɔːˈtæləti]

美 [mɔːrˈtæləti]

n.  生命的有限; 死亡数量; 死亡率; 死亡

复数：mortalities　

考研GREIELTSTEM8医学

BNC.3259 / COCA.4662

牛津词典

noun

• 生命的有限
  the state of being human and not living for ever
  1. After her mother's death, she became acutely aware of her own mortality.
     她母亲去世后，她开始强烈意识到自己的生命是有限的。
• 死亡数量；死亡率
  the number of deaths in a particular situation or period of time
  1. the infant mortality rate (= the number of babies that die at or just after birth)
     婴儿死亡率
  2. Mortality from lung cancer is still increasing.
     死于肺癌的人数仍在上升。
• 死亡
  a death
  1. hospital mortalities (= deaths in hospital)
     医院里的死亡数字

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 死亡人数;死亡率
  Themortalityin a particular place or situation is the number of people who die.
  1. ...the relationships between mortality and unemployment...
     死亡人数和失业人数之间的关系
  2. The nation's infant mortality rate has reached a record low.
     该国的婴儿死亡率已降至历史最低水平。

英英释义

noun

• the quality or state of being mortal
• the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area
  Synonym:deathratedeath ratemortality ratefatality rate

双语例句

• Rates of infant mortality and mothers dying in childbirth have gone down.
  如今，婴儿和难产妈妈的死亡率都降下来了。
• Mortality rates actually increased with age in the same birth cohort.
  在相同的血统组中，死亡率实际上随年龄的增加而增加。
• Kallner and Groen studied the mortality from coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular accidents among immigrants to israel.
  kallner和groen研究了去以色列的移民中的冠心病与脑血管意外。
• In high transmission areas, it can reduce child mortality rates and the prevalence of severe anaemia.
  它可以降低儿童死亡率和严重贫血流行率。
• ICD is the international standard for classifying mortality and morbidity.
  ICD是对死亡率和发病率进行分类的唯一国际标准。
• Regional pilot health reform project contributes to decrease in infant mortality, increase in life expectancy.
  区域卫生改革试点项目为降低婴儿死亡率、增加人口预期寿命作出了贡献。
• Mortality, like real estate, can be all about location.
  死亡率，和房地产一样，和地点息息相关。
• Morbidity and mortality were nil.
  发病率和死亡率均为零。
• Protein-energy malnutrition before and during hospitalization is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients.
  住院前和住院期间的蛋白质&能量营养不良，与住院患者的并发症发生率和死亡率升高相关。
• They found similar results, with a lower mortality rate and a higher suicide rate than the general population.
  研究者发现了类似的结果：相对于一般人群更低的死亡率和更高的自杀率。