plural lethals
名词义为“致命武器”时,常用复数形式,多见于军事或法律语境。
The armory contained a variety of lethals.
军械库里存放着各式各样的致命武器。
致命武器
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
致命武器
A weapon that causes death.
The armory contained a variety of lethals.
军械库里存放着各式各样的致命武器。
任何导致死亡的武器。
Any weapon that causes death.
从鲸蜡中获得的一种白色结晶固体的高碳醇。
One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
导致携带它的生物死亡的等位基因。
An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.
The detective found a lethal wrapped in cloth under the floorboard.
侦探在地板下发现了一件用布包裹的致命武器。
Only trained soldiers are allowed to handle lethals on the base.
只有训练有素的士兵才被允许在基地内操作致命武器。
The law states that carrying a lethal in public is illegal.
法律规定,在公共场合携带致命武器是违法的。
名词义为“致命武器”时,常用复数形式,多见于军事或法律语境。
The armory contained a variety of lethals.
军械库里存放着各式各样的致命武器。
该义项特指致死等位基因,常见于生物学文献,可与“dominant/recessive”等连用。
In genetics, a lethal causes death before reproductive age.
在遗传学中,致死基因会在繁殖年龄之前导致死亡。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
胚胎致死等位基因
The mutation causes early embryo death, so it is an embryonic lethal.
该突变导致早期胚胎死亡,因此是一种胚胎致死等位基因。
条件致死等位基因
This is a conditional lethal that only kills the bacteria above 37°C.
这是一种条件致死等位基因,只在37°C以上杀死细菌。
显性致死等位基因
A dominant lethal results in death even if only one allele is present.
显性致死等位基因即使只有一个等位基因存在也会导致死亡。
隐性致死等位基因
Recessive lethals are only fatal when an individual inherits two copies.
隐性致死等位基因只有在个体继承两个拷贝时才会致命。
伴性致死等位基因
A sex-linked lethal is usually passed on the X chromosome.
伴性致死等位基因通常通过X染色体遗传。
常染色体致死等位基因
Autosomal lethals are inherited independently of the individual's sex.
常染色体致死等位基因的遗传与个体的性别无关。
Use lethal naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 legal(合法的)的 g 换成 th 就变成 lethal:合法与致命,仅一个字母之差,记住 lethal 是“致命的”。
语域:formal 常见场景:weaponry、chemistry、genetics lethal 作名词时是比较正式的专业术语,通常用于军事、化学和遗传学等专门领域,日常口语中很少这样用。
作名词时注意与形容词 lethal(致命的)区分;各义项分属武器、化学和遗传学领域。
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