casualty
gb/kˈæʒuəlti/ us/kˈæʒuəlti/
B1
אנגלית
~ 4600
áldozat, sürgősségi osztály, sürgősségi
שם עצם
B1
1
áldozat
B1
תבנית שימוש:
[number] casualties
The earthquake resulted in hundreds of casualties.
A földrengésnek több száz sérültje és halálos áldozata volt.
There were no reported casualties after the fire.
A tűz után nem jelentettek sérülteket vagy halálos áldozatokat.
The battle caused heavy casualties on both sides.
Emergency teams worked quickly to treat the casualties.
The storm left a trail of destruction and many casualties.
דוגמאות ללומדים
There were many casualties after the accident.
A balesetnek sok sérültje és halálos áldozata volt.
The war caused many casualties.
A háborúnak sok halálos áldozata és sebesültje volt.
The police reported no casualties.
Casualties were taken to the hospital.
The fire had two casualties.
טעות נפוצה:
Learners sometimes confuse 'casualty' with 'casual', but they are unrelated in meaning.
משמעות
person injured or killed
צירופים
civilian casualties
|war casualties
|suffer casualties
|report casualties
|casualty figures
מילים נרדפות
victim (Often used more broadly for anyone harmed, not just in large-scale events.)
הפכים
survivor (Refers to someone who lives through an event that causes harm to others.)
נושאים
emergencies
|war
|health
|law
הגדרה
Someone who is hurt or dies in an accident, disaster, or war.
A person who is injured or killed in an accident, disaster, or war.
שם עצם
B2
2
áldozat
B1
תבנית שימוש:
a casualty of [something]
Many small businesses became casualties of the economic crisis.
Sok kisvállalkozás a gazdasági válság áldozatává vált.
She was a political casualty after the scandal broke.
A botrány kirobbanása után politikai áldozattá vált.
The project was a casualty of budget cuts.
Tourism was a casualty of the pandemic.
Freedom of the press was one of the first casualties of the new regime.
דוגמאות ללומדים
The shop was a casualty of the new law.
Az üzlet az új törvény áldozata lett.
He was a casualty of the company changes.
A vállalati átszervezések áldozata lett.
My job was a casualty of the crisis.
The park became a casualty of the fire.
The school was a casualty of the storm.
טעות נפוצה:
Learners may think it only refers to death or injury, but it can also mean something harmed or lost in a non-physical way.
משמעות
person or thing badly affected
צירופים
a casualty of war
|a casualty of the recession
|political casualty
מילים נרדפות
loss (More general; can refer to something gone or destroyed, not necessarily harmed by an event.)
הפכים
beneficiary (Someone who gains from an event where others lose.)
נושאים
society
|politics
|core_vocabulary
הגדרה
A person or thing that is badly harmed by something that happens.
A person or thing that suffers badly as a result of an event or situation, especially unexpectedly.
שם עצם
B1
TECHNICAL
3
sürgősségi
B1
She was taken to casualty with a broken arm.
Törött karral bevitték a sürgősségi osztályra.
He works as a nurse in casualty.
Ápolóként dolgozik a sürgősségi osztályon.
Casualty was full after the car crash.
They rushed him to casualty after he collapsed.
Casualty staff treated several people from the accident.
דוגמאות ללומדים
They took him to casualty after the fall.
Az esés után bevitték a sürgősségi osztályra.
My friend works in casualty.
Egy barátom a sürgősségi osztályon dolgozik.
We went to casualty when she got hurt.
He is waiting in casualty now.
Casualty is busy tonight.
טעות נפוצה:
Some learners may not realize 'casualty' here is British usage and not common in American English, where 'emergency room' is used instead.
משמעות
hospital emergency department
צירופים
taken to casualty
|casualty department
מילים נרדפות
emergency room (US term for the same hospital department.)
נושאים
health
|medicine
|daily_life
הגדרה
In British English, the hospital place where people go for quick help after an accident or sudden sickness.
In British English, the part of a hospital where people are taken for urgent treatment after accidents or sudden illness.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
casualty
IPA
GB/kˈæʒuəlti/
US/kˈæʒuəlti/
הברות והטעמה
cas - u - alty (3 הברות)
Stress on 1st syllable (cas)
צורות המילה
Noun
- Base: casualty
- Plural: casualties
משפחת מילים
ביטויים
casualty of war
1/kˈæʒuəlti əv wˈɔɹ/
fixed phrase
harmed because of war
Someone or something that is hurt, damaged, or lost because of war.
דוגמאות
- He was just another casualty of war.
- Many historic buildings became casualties of war during the bombing.
first casualty
1/fˈɚst kˈæʒuəlti/
fixed phrase
first thing lost or harmed
The first thing that is lost or damaged when something happens.
דוגמאות
- In war, truth is often the first casualty.
- Public trust was the first casualty of the crisis.
political casualty
1/pəlˈɪtɪkəl kˈæʒuəlti/
fixed phrase
loses position due to politics
A person who loses their job or power because of political reasons.
דוגמאות
- The minister became a political casualty after the scandal.
- Several officials were political casualties of the new policy changes.