late 14c., "decreed by fate," also "fraught with fate," from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate, decreed, destined; destructive, deadly," from fatum (see fate (n.)); sense of "causing or attended with death" in English is from early 15c. Meaning "concerned with or dealing with destiny" is from mid-15c.
双语例句
1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill
成功不是终点，失败也并非末日，最重要的是继续前进的勇气。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.
很难判断是谁给了致命的一击。
来自柯林斯例句
3. His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.
他所在的政党刚刚经历了一次类似心脏病突发般几近致命的打击。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Statistically, ninety-eight percent of all acute sunstroke cases are fatal.
据统计，急性中暑病例中有98%是致命的。
来自柯林斯例句
5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.
