| 单词 | casualty |
| 释义 | casualtycasualty /ˈkæʒuəlti, -ʒəlti/ ●●○ noun (plural casualties) [countable] 1someone who is hurt or killed in an accident or battle: More than 50 casualties were brought in to the hospital. thousands of civilian casualties (=people who are not soldiers who are hurt or killed)heavy/high casualties (=a lot of people killed or injured) There were heavy casualties in the first battle. Army units are suffering casualties every day.cause/inflict casualties Luckily, the rocket attack caused few casualties.2someone or something that suffers as a result of a particular event or situation SYN victim: casualty of The Safer City Project became a casualty of financial cutbacks. [Origin: 1400–1500 Medieval Latin casualitas chance, bad luck, loss, from Late Latin casualis] |
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