◙ adjective 1. causing death • 致命的 »a fatal accident. 一次死亡事故。 leading to failure or disaster • 导致失败的；灾难性的 »there were three fatal flaws in the strategy. 这个策略有三个致命的缺点。
【派生】
♦ fatally adverb
【语源】
1. late Middle English (in the senses 'destined by fate' and 'ominous'): from Old French, or from Latin fatalis, from fatum (seefate)