an occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease
(事故、战争、疾病引起的)死亡事件
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shooting was heard and there were fatalities .人们听见了枪声并发生了死亡事件。
a person killed in this way
死亡者。
[mass noun]helplessness in the face of fate
听天由命; 天命; 天数
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the plot needs a darker sense of fatality to cover its absurdities .这个情节得有一种更蒙昧的听天由命的观念来掩饰其荒谬性。
"late 15th cent. (denoting the quality of causing death or disaster): from French