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单词 terminally
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Definition of terminally in English:

terminally

adverb ˈtəːmɪn(ə)liˈtərmənəli
  • 1In a way that is predicted to lead to death; incurably.

    terminally ill patients
    terminally diseased trees
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She has recently returned home to care for her terminally ill mother.
    • The heroic doctor is tending to the terminally injured Marshal.
    • When she learns her young son is terminally ill, she attempts reconciliation with her own estranged father.
    • He would have a cleaner conscience than the homeopaths and other quacks who currently prey on the terminally sick.
    • He has an interview with the terminally ailing Queen in Kensington Palace Gardens, and all looks hopeful.
    1. 1.1informal In an extreme manner that is beyond cure or alteration.
      Arsenal's loss has terminally damaged their title bid
      terminally bored employees
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now I know just about everyone in the world is a fan of this film, but I was terminally bored by it.
      • The album's focus blurs, but not terminally so.
      • Almost all of the guests are terminally self-obsessed.
      • 'Untidy' results were ignored or suppressed and as a result, scientific thinking itself was rendered terminally short-sighted.
      • "Sometimes it's hard to get people to listen to one another, especially when they feel that the person talking is terminally stupid," he says.
 
 

Definition of terminally in US English:

terminally

adverbˈtərmənəlēˈtərmənəli
  • 1In a way that is predicted to lead to death; incurably.

    terminally ill patients
    terminally diseased trees
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The heroic doctor is tending to the terminally injured Marshal.
    • She has recently returned home to care for her terminally ill mother.
    • He would have a cleaner conscience than the homeopaths and other quacks who currently prey on the terminally sick.
    • He has an interview with the terminally ailing Queen in Kensington Palace Gardens, and all looks hopeful.
    • When she learns her young son is terminally ill, she attempts reconciliation with her own estranged father.
    1. 1.1informal In an extreme manner that is beyond cure or alteration.
      Arsenal's loss has terminally damaged their title bid
      terminally bored employees
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now I know just about everyone in the world is a fan of this film, but I was terminally bored by it.
      • 'Untidy' results were ignored or suppressed and as a result, scientific thinking itself was rendered terminally short-sighted.
      • The album's focus blurs, but not terminally so.
      • Almost all of the guests are terminally self-obsessed.
      • "Sometimes it's hard to get people to listen to one another, especially when they feel that the person talking is terminally stupid," he says.
 
 
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