fatal

命にかかわる、致命的な

人を死なせる、または死なせるおそれがある。

やさしい英語で： Causing someone to die, or capable of doing so.

• The accident was fatal.
• Untreated infections can be fatal.
• He suffered fatal injuries in the crash.

使い方： fatal to someone/something (Even a small amount can be fatal to a child.)

類義語： deadly, lethal

反対語： nonfatal

よく使う表現： fatal accident, fatal injury, fatal dose

致命的な、破滅的な

死や完全な失敗、物事の崩壊を引き起こす。

やさしい英語で： Causing death, complete failure, or the destruction of something.

• That was a fatal mistake.
• The plan had a fatal flaw.
• Losing the contract proved fatal to the business.

使い方： fatal to something (The loss of funding was fatal to the project.)

類義語： disastrous, ruinous, deadly

よく使う表現： fatal mistake, fatal flaw, fatal blow, fatal wound

致命的な、回復不能な

コンピューターのプログラムを直ちに停止させる。

やさしい英語で： Causing a computer program to stop working immediately.

• A fatal error stopped the program.
• The screen displayed a fatal exception message.
• Save your work before another fatal crash occurs.

類義語： unrecoverable

反対語： nonfatal

よく使う表現： fatal error, fatal exception, fatal system error

運命で定められた、宿命的な

運命によって決まっていて、人には変えられない。

やさしい英語で： Decided by fate, so that people cannot change what will happen.

• They accepted the gods' fatal decree.
• The hero could not escape his fatal destiny.
• She believed the fatal hour had been fixed at birth.

類義語： fated, predestined, foreordained

よく使う表現： fatal decree, fatal destiny, fatal hour

死亡事故

人が亡くなる事故や出来事。

やさしい英語で： An accident or other event in which someone dies.

• Police reported another fatal overnight.
• Two fatals occurred on that road last month.
• The officer was called to a fatal on the highway.

類義語： fatal accident, fatality

よく使う表現： another fatal, road fatal, report a fatal