| 单词 | deadly |
| 释义 | deadly (once / 229 pages) 1adjadv 2adv Something that's deadly can kill you. Because a gun can end someone's life, it's a deadly weapon. If someone's diagnosed with a deadly disease, it's lethal — it's capable of ending the person's life. When you hear someone talk about police officers using "deadly force," they mean actions that intended to cause death, or understood to be capable of killing someone. You can also use the word to mean "extremely" or "very," as when you describe your math class as deadly boring. WORD FAMILYdeadly: deadlier, deadliest, deadlily, deadliness+/dead: deaden, deader, deadest, deadly, deadness, deads/deaden: deadened, deadening, deadens/deadening: deadeningly, deadenings USAGE EXAMPLESDeadly riots the following year in China’s far west left authorities even more convinced that it was time to step up their controls over society. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) It was the deadliest prison riot in Brazil in years. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) China’s middle class is increasingly less tolerant of the deadly air, and in December tens of thousands of “smog refugees” decamped to clearer skies. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj causing or capable of causing death a deadly enemy Syn deathly, mortal fatal bringing death 2adj of an instrument of certain death deadly poisons Syn lethal fatal bringing death 3adj exceedingly harmful Syn baneful, pernicious, pestilent noxious injurious to physical or mental health 4adj (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect Syn virulent infectious; having the ability to cause disease 5adj extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom Syn venomous, virulent toxic of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison 6adj involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death the seven deadly sins Syn mortal unpardonable not admitting of pardon 7adv as if dead 2Syn lifelessly adv (used as intensives) extremely deadly dull deadly earnest Syn deucedly, devilishly, insanely, madly |
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