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casualty

音標['k??ju?lti] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 意外事故, 傷亡, 受害者
【化】 事故
【醫】 變故, 傷亡

詞型變化：

名詞複數:casualties 

英文解釋：

名詞 casualty:

  1. someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
  2. someone injured or killed in an accident
    同義詞：injured party
  3. an accident that causes someone to die
    同義詞：fatal accident
  4. a decrease of military personnel or equipment

例句：

  1. The surgeon on casualty duty was so busy that he just had time to bolt down a sandwich.
    那位值急診班的外科醫生非常忙碌，他僅有時間狼吞虎咽地吃了一份三明治。
  2. The cottage was a casualty of the forest fire.
    那小屋被森林大火燒毀。
  3. Heavy casualties were reported (ie It was reported that many people had been killed) in the fighting.
    據報戰鬥中傷亡慘重(很多人被殺).

詳細解釋：


ca.su.al.ty

n.（名詞）
【複數】 ca.su.al.ties
An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
事故：事故，尤指帶有嚴重傷害或生命損失的事故
One injured or killed in an accident:
受害人：事故中受傷或死亡的人：
例句：
a train wreck with an unknown number of casualties.
一次不知傷亡人數的火車事故

One injured, killed, captured, or missing in action through engagement with an enemy.
傷亡人：與敵人交戰中受傷、死亡、被俘或迷失的傷亡人數
Often casualties Loss in numbers especially through engagement with an enemy:
常作 casualties 失蹤人數：失蹤人數，尤指與敵交戰中的傷亡數量：
例句：
Battlefield casualties were high.
戰場上傷亡人數十分多

One that is harmed or eliminated as a result of an action or circumstance:
受害者：因某運動或環境而受傷害或被消滅的事物：
例句：
The corner grocery was a casualty of the expanding supermarkets.
角落裡的雜貨店是日益擴大的超級市場的受害者

來源：
Middle English casuelte
中古英文 casuelte
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Medieval Latin c3su3lit3s [chance, accident]
源自 中世紀拉丁語 c3su3lit3s [機會，事故]
from Latin c3su3lis [fortuitous] * see casual
源自 拉丁語 c3su3lis [偶然的] *參見 casual

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