deadliness
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。
collocation: compare the deadliness of
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。
- the deadliness of the gas
- the deadliness of the infection
- the deadliness of the smoke
- compare the deadliness of
- measure deadliness
- 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.