【答】 fatal ['feitl]作“致命的”、“极其危险的”、“悲惨的”(leading to death or disaster)：
 1. He struck the guard a fatal blow. (a blow which killed the guard) (Wood)
 他给了卫兵致命的一击(这一击把卫兵打死了)。
 2. The cyclist was knocked down by a lorry and received fatal injuries. (ALD)
 那个骑自行车的人被一辆卡车撞倒，受到了致命的伤害。
 3. The piece of news was fatal to the President's political future. (LDCE)
 这则新闻对于总统的政治前途是致命的。
 4.He took the fatal decision to marry Martha. (LDCE)
 他做出了不幸的决定，要与玛莎结婚。
 5. an illness which might not be serious for a young person，but which will almost certainlyprove fatal to the old lady
 一种对青年人没有什么危险而对老年妇女却几乎是致命的疾病
 fateful []则作“决定命运的”、“关系重大的”：
 1. When the judge pronounced the fateful words … eg sentence of death…
 当法官宣布决定命运的话时……例如宣判死刑……
 2. That fateful day when I decided to join the army…(Wood)
 我决定参军的那决定命运的一天……
 3. these fateful events
 这些决定命运的重大的事件
 4. a fateful decision
 关系重大的决定(决定命运的决定)
 请做下面的英语试题：
 In spite of medical advances，that disease is usually fatal.
 A. curable B. painful C. deadly D. disabling (TOEFL)