causing or able to cause death 致命的；可致死的 She had been given a lethal dose of poison. 已给她服下致死剂量的毒药。 Any sharp pointed instrument is potentially a lethal weapon. 任何尖锐的工具都可能是致命的武器。 - (figurative)
The closure of the factory dealt a lethal blow to the town. 那家工厂的关闭对这座城镇是致命的打击。 The snake’s venom is rarely lethal to humans. 这种蛇的毒液对人类很少致命。
Extra ExamplesAll these knives are absolutely lethal. 这些刀都是绝对致命的。 It was a potentially lethal mixture of drugs. 这种混合药物可能会致命。 The pesticide is lethal to all insect life. 这种杀虫剂可以杀死所有昆虫。 He has been sentenced to death by lethal injection. 他被判死刑，以注射毒剂方式执行。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
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causing or able to cause a lot of harm or damage 危害极大的；破坏性极大的 You and that car—it's a lethal combination! 你和那辆车真是致命的组合！ The group claims that a lethal cocktail of pollutants is being poured into Scotland's rivers and estuaries. 该组织声称，一种致命的污染物混合物正被注入苏格兰的河流和河口。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- absolutely
- highly
- potentially
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- to
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘causing spiritual death’): from Latin lethalis, from lethum, a variant (influenced by Greek lēthē ‘forgetfulness’), of letum ‘death’.