詞性及解釋:

death toll 死亡人數

例句:

Two of the 76 passengers injured in Friday's bus blaze in southwest China died in hospital early Sunday, bringing the death toll to 27.
周五成都市公交車燃燒事故受傷的76名乘客中有2名于周日早些時候在醫院去世，遇難人數上升至27人。
（xinhuanet.com June 8th, 2009）

Police said the teacher's bravery had prevented an even higher death toll.
警方稱，正是由于這位教師的英勇行為才避免了更多的人傷亡。

【新聞背景】成都公交車燃燒事故2名傷者去世 遇難者達27人

CHENGDU, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Two of the 76 passengers injured in Friday's bus blaze in southwest China died in hospital early Sunday, bringing the death toll to 27.

Eighteen injured people were still in critical condition, said Yang, adding doctors were trying their best to save their lives.

Fifty-four others were in stable condition. Two have been discharged from hospital.

The accident occurred in the morning rush hour Friday, when the No. 9 bus was on its way from Tianhui Township to downtown Chengdu, capital of Sichuan and caught fire under the Chuanshan Viaduct.

Sabotage could not be ruled out as the cause of the blaze, said an official on Saturday.