/fə'tælətɪ; fe`tælətɪ/
n
1 [C] death caused by accident or in war, etc （事故或战争等造成的）死亡
*There have been ten swimming fatalities (ie Ten people have lost their lives while swimming) this summer. 今年夏季已有十人游泳遇溺.
2 [U] sense of being controlled by fate(1) 天数; 命中注定
*There was a strange fatality about their both losing their jobs on the same day. 他们两人同一天失去工作, 真是天意叵测.
3 [U] fatal influence; deadliness 致死的作用; 致命性
*the fatality of certain diseases 某些疾病之致命性.

npluralfatalities
[C]
a death in an accident or a violent attack
　a 50% increase in the number of traffic fatalities
[U]formal
the fact that a disease is certain to cause death
　The most serious form of skin cancer has a 30 percent fatality rate.
[U]formal
the feeling that you cannot control what happens to you