| 词汇 | casualty |
| 释义 | casualty noun uk /ˈkæʒ.ju.əl.ti/ us /ˈkæʒ.uː.əl.ti/ casualtynoun (INJURED)C2[ C ] a person injured or killed in a serious accident or war: （严重事故或战争中的）伤亡人员 suffer casualtiesThe rebels suffered heavy casualties.叛乱分子伤亡惨重。 The train was derailed but there were no casualties, police said.警方称，火车出轨了，但没有人员伤亡。 The number of casualties in both wars was appallingly high. Hospitals are on standby ready to deal with casualties being flown in from the crash site. They were warned to expect a heavy air attack and therefore many casualties. George was a casualty in that nasty motorway pile-up last year. So far, only one casualty has been rescued from the scene of the explosion. Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom remains roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff itidiom toll You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Medical treatment: people who receive medical treatment casualtynoun (BADLY AFFECTED)[ C ] a person or thing that suffers as a result of something else happening: 受害者，遇难者;毁坏物 She lost her job in 2011, a casualty of the recession.2011年她失业了，成了经济衰退的受害者。 The first casualty of the reorganization will be the bus service, which will be stopped altogether.公共汽车行业将首当其冲成为重组的受害者，将完全停止运行。 Experiencing and suffering (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom afflict affliction almost/nearly die of somethingidiom be a martyr to somethingidiom be a victim of your own successidiom bear count go through grip hands-on hit someone where they liveidiom hold onidiom horse ride seat-of-the-pants see lifeidiom stricken suffer the consequences taste casualtynoun (HOSPITAL)C2[ U ]UK(USemergency room) the part of a hospital where people who are hurt in accidents or suddenly become ill are taken for urgent treatment: 急诊室，急救室 She had to be rushed to casualty.她被紧急送到了急诊室。 Medical places & organizations A & E accident and emergency aid station biotech birth centre consulting room delivery room detoxification centre institutional lunatic asylum maternity suite maternity unit medical centre memory clinic multi-hospital nuthouse pharmacy sanitarium sickroom ward casualty | American Dictionarycasualty noun[ C ] us/ˈkæʒ·u·əl·ti, ˈkæʒ·əl·ti/ a person hurt or killed in a war or other destructive event, or something prevented by an event: The number of casualties from Sunday's tsunami continues to rise. New team uniforms were a casualty of the budget cuts. casualty | Business Englishcasualty noun[ C ] uk /ˈkæʒjuəlti/uspluralcasualties something or someone that suffers or fails because of an event: a casualty of sthNonprofit groups may find funding for their projects among the first casualties of the budget problem. Relationships can become a casualty of workplace stress. the first/latest/major casualtySmith is the latest casualty in a series of sackings at the organization. LAW a person who is killed or injured in an accident, attack, etc.: cause/inflict casualtiesFood products have been contaminated, causing human casualties and considerable economic loss. reduce/minimize/prevent casualties sustain/suffer casualties INSURANCE property that is damaged or destroyed in an accident, or the accident that causes this: The hirer was liable for the collision, unless the casualty was proved to have been caused by the failure of the boat's owners to make it seaworthy. Examples of casualtycasualty First, there was the ' hard news ' of the war : troop movements, casualties, rumours of a peace settlement. The partisans preached resistance at any cost, even if it meant v including heavy civilian casualties. Government casualties were 37,176 (27 per cent) and the insurgents may have been as high as 15,000 (58 per cent). Indeed, pitched battle was shunned, for its natural corollary of heavy casualties demoralized the followers of any leader who employed such tactics. Indeed, there were to be a good many more casualties. Up-country traders and porters were makers of their own destiny, and were not hapless casualties of change. Children who encounter such hazards are at increased risk for becoming developmental casualties, in part because adaptive development depends so heavily on a facilitating environment. The casualties are the students seeking to enter these specialties, or professionals seeking further education. The older driver: measures for reducing the number of casualties among older people on our roads. The article will argue that care work and unpaid care workers are both casualties of these developments. Sanitary screenings of farm-reared birds should preferably include some complete necropsies, for example of casualties, rather than rely exclusively on non-invasive sampling. All of this is even more important when the role of casualties is addressed. Unconfirmed reports put noncombatant casualties at up to 100 people. No blood is seen; no screaming is heard; casualties are faceless. To sum up: there were no casualties on the expedition and it did what it set out to do and, moreover, did so within budget. See all examples of casualty These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withcasualtycasualtyThese are words often used in combination with casualty. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. casualty count Ambulances and rescue helicopters were sent to assist the wounded and bring them to hospital, amid fears the casualtycount could mount. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. casualty figure There were probably many others unseen, perhaps accounting for the casualtyfigure of approximately 2,000 published elsewhere. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. casualty officer One is the secretary of an excellent district hospital where they have at present one woman casualtyofficer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with casualty |
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