casualty

• n. 意外事故；傷亡人員；急診室

來(lái)自詞根cad, 掉落，詞源同case, accident.原指偶然傷亡者，不幸者。

casualty (n.)

early 15c., "chance, accident; incidental charge," from casual (adj.) on model of royalty, penalty, etc. Casuality had some currency 16c.-17c. but is now obsolete. Meaning "losses in numbers from a military or other troop" is from late 15c. Meaning "an individual killed, wounded, or lost in battle" is from 1844.

1. There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.

有人擔(dān)心傷亡總數(shù)可能會(huì)更高。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. I was taken to casualty at St Thomas's Hospital.

我被送往圣·托馬斯醫(yī)院的急救室。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Training includes realistic simulation of casualty procedures.

培訓(xùn)包括對(duì)急救過(guò)程的真實(shí)模擬。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Mr. Jones was the first casualty of the firm's cut - backs.

瓊斯先生在公司裁員中是第一個(gè)受害者.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. Casualty lists were published the day after the train accident.

傷亡名單在火車意外事故的第二天就公布了.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》