casualty

英 ['kæʒuəlti] 美 ['kæʒuəlti]

• n. 事故；伤亡者；伤亡人数；<英>急诊室

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]伤亡者

   person who is killed or wounded in battle

2. [C]受害者,牺牲品

   person or thing that has suffered loss or destruction as a result of a particular event

3. [U]急诊室

   a place in a hospital where people hurt in accidents are taken for treatment

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 伤亡人员，伤者，伤员，死者，受害者，遇难者
2. 毁坏物，损坏物
3. 损坏
4. 意外事故，不幸事故，事故，横祸，灾难
5. 死伤，伤亡

英英释义

Noun:

1. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

2. someone injured or killed in an accident

3. an accident that causes someone to die

4. a decrease of military personnel or equipment

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The cottage was a casualty of the forest fire.
   那小屋被森林大火烧毁。
2. She read through the casualty list anxiously.
   她忧虑地把伤亡人员名单从头到尾看了一遍。
3. The casualty of the traffic accident was a doleful record.
   这一交通事故地伤亡人数是一个令人伤心的记录.

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She read through the casualty list anxiously.
   她忧虑地把伤亡人员名单从头到尾看了一遍。
2. The new school was never finished; it was a casualty of the recent spending cuts.
   新学校一直没有竣工,它是近来削减经费开支的受害者。
3. They rushed her to casualty but she was dead on arrival.
   他们赶紧把她送往急诊室,但她被送到时已死亡。

经典引文

• Combinations of skilful genius with happy casualty.

  出自： S. Johnson

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• rush to casualty 送往急诊室
• suffer casualty 造成伤亡

～+介词

• casualty of (某事的)受害者

近反义词

【近义词】

• fluke 侥幸
• injury 伤害
• mishap 不幸之事
• accident 事故
• misfortune 不幸
• disaster 灾难
• misadventure 不幸
• occurrence 发生
• injured person [法] 受害人
• fatality 死亡
• loss 遗失
• victim 受害者
• sufferer 受难者
• subject 话题
• target 目标
• martyr 【C】烈士
• object 物体
• fatal accident 死亡事故
• injured party 遭受损失方