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mortalityn.
1. mortal life,subjection to death,necessity of dying, corruptibility尘世生活，必死性，无常，易腐坏。
△Lr.4.6.137 (133): “Let me wipe it first,it smells of mortali-ty.”先让我擦一下，那上面有凡人的臭味。
2. death,deadliness死亡，致命性。
△H.V.4.3.107:“Killing in relapse of mortality.”i.e.❶Killing otherseven when they themselves are falling back in deathto the earth;
❷killing others by a deadly rebound. 虽已命归黄土仍能把人杀死；（又解）凭着致命的弹回把人杀死。
△1H.VI.4.5.32: “Here,on my knee,I begmortality / Rather than life preserved with infamy.”我在这里跪下、请求战死，也不愿带着臭名保全性命。
△1H.VI.4.7.21: “Two Talbots,winged through the lithersky. / In thy despite shall scape mortality.” i.e. es-cape the bonds of death. 两位塔尔博特，飞过柔顺的天空，不顾你的威胁，摆脱了死亡的羁绊。
3. mortal world,human life尘世，人生。
△Mac.2.3.99 (92): “for from this instant / There's nothing seri-ous in mortality: /All is but toys.”i.e. There is noth-ing worthwhile: all things are now but trifles. 因为，从这 一刻起，人生已经失去了它的重要意义； 一切都不过是儿戏。 |