deadliness
/ˈded-lē-nəs/ (ame, mw)
deadliness — 名詞
1. how likely a poison, disease, weapon, or dangerous situation is to cause death
致命性
可能造成死亡的特性
how likely a poison, disease, weapon, or dangerous situation is to cause death
Tests showed the deadliness of the gas before miners entered the tunnel.
測試在礦工進入坑道前顯示出這種氣體的致命性。
pattern: the deadliness of [substance]
Doctors feared the deadliness of the infection after two children stopped breathing.
兩名孩子停止呼吸後，醫生擔心這種感染的致命性。
collocation: the deadliness of [disease]
The report compared the deadliness of different snakes found near the village.
報告比較了村子附近不同蛇類的致命性。
Firefighters underestimated the deadliness of the smoke inside the locked apartment.
消防員低估了那間上鎖公寓內濃煙的致命性。
Museum guides explained the deadliness of old weapons to visiting students.
博物館導覽員向來訪學生說明了舊式武器的致命性。
- lethality
very close in meaning, but more technical and common in medical or military writing
- danger
broader word; something can be dangerous without being likely to kill
- destructiveness
focuses on damage in general rather than specifically on causing death
- harmlessness
the quality of not causing injury or death
文法句型
the deadliness of [something]
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. Most often appears in the pattern 'the deadliness of ...' when describing poisons, diseases, smoke, weapons, or other life-threatening conditions.