a lethal combination• Together however, these factors can provea lethal combination.• The little church has suffered from the rigours of time and town planning, normally a lethal combination, and survived.
Originlethal
(1500-1600)Latinlethalis, from lethum“death”, from letum (influenced by Greeklethe; → LETHARGIC)
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, prove致命;證明致命ADVERB➤absolutely, highly (especially NAmE) 絕對/高度致命◇All these drugs are highly lethal.所有這些藥都是高致命性的。➤potentially有致命可能的◇It was a potentially lethal mixture of drugs.這種混合藥物可能會致命。PREPOSITION➤to對⋯來說致命◇The pesticide is lethal to all insect life.這種殺蟲劑可以殺死所有昆蟲。