单词 | vital |
释义 | vital —vitally, adv. —vitalness, n. /vuyt"l/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to life: vital processes. 2. having remarkable energy, liveliness, or force of personality: a vital leader. 3. being the seat or source of life: the vital organs. 4. necessary to life: vital fluids. 5. necessary to the existence, continuance, or well-being of something; indispensable; essential: vital for a healthy society. 6. affecting the existence, well-being, truth, etc., of something: a vital error. 7. of critical importance: vital decisions. 8. destructive to life; deadly: a vital wound. [1350-1400; ME < L vitalis, equiv. to vit(a) life (deriv. of vivere to live; akin to Gk bíesthai, Skt jivati (he) lives, E QUICK) + -alis -AL1] Syn. 5. important, critical. |
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