fatality

名词 fatality:

1. a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
   同义词：human death
2. the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters

1. There have been ten swimming fatalities (ie Ten people have lost their lives while swimming) this summer.
   今年夏季已有十人游泳遇溺。
2. There was a strange fatality about their both losing their jobs on the same day.
   他们两人同一天失去工作，真是天意叵测。

fa.tal.i.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 fa.tal.i.ties

A death resulting from an accident or a disaster:
死亡（事故）：由事故或灾难引起的死亡：
例句：
highway fatalities.
高速公路死亡事故

One that is killed as a result of such an occurrence:
意外死亡的人：因此种意外事故而被杀的人：
例句：
The driver was one of the fatalities.
司机是意外死亡者之一

The ability to cause death or disaster.
致命力：能够引起死亡或灾难的能力
The quality of being determined by fate.
天数：由命运决定的东西
A decree made by fate; destiny.
命运：命运使然的天数；命运
The quality of being doomed to disaster.
宿命：注定有难的性质