vital

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 vī'təl

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to or characteristic of life.
    — vital energies; vital functions; vital actions
  2. Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
    — The brain is a vital organ.
  3. Invigorating or life-giving.
  4. Necessary to continued existence.
    — The transition to farming was vital for the creation of civilisation.
  5. Relating to the recording of life events.
    — Birth, marriage and death certificates are vital records.
  6. Very important.
    — It is vital that you don't forget to do your homework.
  7. Containing life; living.
    — spirits that live throughout, vital in every part
  8. Lively, having vitality
    — Montreal is a charming vital city with a large lesbian and gay population which clusters around a neighborhood not far from the center of town.
  9. Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
    — Pythagoras and Hippocrates […] affirming the birth of the seventh month to be vital.

词形变化

more vital comparative most vital superlative

词汇关系

反义词
mortal
衍生词
élan vital noeud vital vital air vital capacity vital effect vital force vital function vital index vital organ vital sign vital signs vital spark vital statistic vital statistics
相关词
devive revive survive viable vitality vitals vivid

词源

From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin vītālis (“of life, life-giving”), from vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“to live”). Doublet of jiva and quick.
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