Casualty

(n.)

1. a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident

（战争或事故的）伤员，亡者，遇难者

e.g. road casualties

交通事故伤亡人员

e.g. Both sides had suffered heavy casualties (=many people had been killed).

双方都伤亡惨重。

2. a person that suffers or a thing that is destroyed when sth else takes place

受害者；毁坏物；损坏物

(syn.) victim

e.g. She became a casualty of the reduction in part-time work (=she lost her job).

她成了裁剪兼职工作的受害人。

e.g. Small shops have been a casualty of the recession.

小商店在经济萧条中深受其害。

3. (also casualty department, accident and emergency): (all BrE) (NAmE emergency room): the part of a hospital where people who need urgent treatment are taken

急诊室

e.g. The victims were rushed to casualty.

受伤者被迅速送往急救室。

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