mortally
UK/'mɔrtəli/US/'mɔ:t(ә)li/
B2
释义
adv.
In a way that causes death; fatally
致命地
adv.
To an extreme degree
极度地
词根拆分
原生英语mortalroot
+
-ly以...方式地
=mortally
mortal + -ly（副词后缀）=「致命地」。在 mortally afraid 等固定搭配中弱化为强调词，意为「极度地」。
常用搭配
- 1.mortally wounded受致命伤
- 2.mortally afraid极度害怕
- 3.mortally offended深感被冒犯
例句
- 1.
The soldier was mortally wounded in the final assault.
那名士兵在最后的突击中受了致命伤。
- 2.
She was mortally afraid of being found out.
她极度害怕被发现。