Sthe total number of people who die in an accident, war etc 〔事故、战争等的〕死亡总数,死亡人数
As the unrest continued, the death toll rose.
随着动乱的持续,死亡人数在上升。
The official death toll stands at 53.
官方公布的死亡总数为53人。
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death toll• Officialsestimate the finaldeath toll could reach 35,000.• The final official death toll is 2,388.• The fans' deaths brought the death toll to nine in this year's race week.• If the civilunrest continues, the death toll will rise.• The number of deaths is far higher than for any other form of pollution and rivals the death toll from some cancers.• Many expresseddisbelief that the death toll was not higher.• There were suggestions that the death toll was up to five times higher than officially stated.• But without the scientists' warnings, the death toll could have been in the hundreds of thousands.
death toll rose• New figures show the death toll rose by six in the period, to 253.