学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3554 mortality

 今天我们要学的词是 mortality. Mortality is spelled M-O-R-T-A-L-I-T-Y, mortality.

 

Mortality 的意思是死亡率，死亡数字。A scientific adviser¹ to Italy's minister of health said on Saturday that the coronavirus mortality rate in Italy may be exaggerated due to the way the country records fatalities². 意大利卫生部长的一位科学顾问周六表示，该国报告死亡记录的方式可能导致意大利的冠状病毒病人死亡率被夸大。

 

Recent research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the number of steps a person takes each day, rather than the intensity³ of stepping, had a strong association with mortality. 最近发表在《美国医学学会杂志》上的一个研究报告指出，一个人每天走步的数量，而不是步行的强度，与死亡率密切相关。

 

好的，我们今天学习的词是 mortality, mortality, mortality.

 

1 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 fatalities   

n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运

参考例句：

• Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
• The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。