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be mortally + past participle
此义表示“致命地”，常出现在被动结构中，修饰 wound、injure 等表示伤害的过去分词。
The soldier was mortally wounded in the battle.
这名士兵在战斗中受了致命伤。
致命地
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致命地
in a way that causes death
The soldier was mortally wounded in the battle.
这名士兵在战斗中受了致命伤。
致命地；以致死的方式。
Fatally; in such a way as to cause death.
The infection mortally weakened the old man's heart.
这种感染使老人的心脏受到了致命性的削弱。
The hiker was mortally injured in the fall from the cliff.
这名徒步旅行者从悬崖上摔下来，受了致命伤。
By the time help arrived, the cat was already mortally ill.
等救援到达时，这只猫已经奄奄一息了。
此义表示“致命地”，常出现在被动结构中，修饰 wound、injure 等表示伤害的过去分词。
The soldier was mortally wounded in the battle.
这名士兵在战斗中受了致命伤。
非正式用法中 mortally 引申为“极，非常”，多与 fear、jealous 等情感形容词搭配。
She was mortally afraid of spiders.
她极其害怕蜘蛛。
该搭配中 mortally 同样表示“非常”，但修饰动词而非形容词。
His words mortally offended her.
他的话极大地冒犯了她。
Not this
He was mortal wounded in the attack.
Use this
He was mortally wounded in the attack.
mortal 是形容词，不能修饰动词性过去分词 wounded；修饰过去分词要用副词 mortally，表示“致命地”。
Not this
He was deadly wounded in the attack.
Use this
He was mortally wounded in the attack.
deadly 一般作形容词，意为“致命的”；修饰像 wounded 这样的过去分词时，英语习惯用副词 mortally 或 fatally，而不是 deadly。
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受致命伤
The soldier was mortally wounded in the battle.
这名士兵在战斗中受了致命伤。
身患绝症
She was mortally ill and spent her last days at home.
她身患绝症，在家中度过了最后的日子。
极度害怕
He was mortally afraid of failing the exam.
他极度害怕考试不及格。
深感愤怒
She was mortally offended by his rude remarks.
她对他的粗鲁言辞深感愤怒。
受到致命打击的；遭受致命伤害的
The scandal left his reputation mortally wounded.
这桩丑闻使他的名誉受到致命打击。
极其害怕的，怕得要命的
She was mortally afraid of spiders.
她对蜘蛛怕得要命。
深感冒犯的，极为不快的
He was mortally offended by her comment.
她的评论让他极为不快。
我受了致命伤。
The phrase 'mortally wounded' is famously attributed to Alexander Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr, and the musical 'Hamilton' dramatizes this moment.
短语“mortally wounded”据称是亚历山大·汉密尔顿在与阿龙·伯尔决斗后所说的名言，音乐剧《汉密尔顿》将这一刻戏剧化了。
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把 mortally 想成 mortal（必死的）+ly：致命地；引申为‘极度’，如 mortally afraid 怕得要死。
语域：mixed 常见场景：medical/legal accounts of death、informal emphatic speech 字面义“致命地”通常用于正式或客观叙事；口语中作“极、非常”讲时多用于非正式强调，宜根据语境选择。
非正式用法中作“极、非常”解，常修饰表示恨、嫉、惧等负面情感的形容词或分词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.