casualty
gb/kˈæʒuəlti/ us/kˈæʒuəlti/
B1
Angol
~ 4600
áldozat, sürgősségi osztály, sürgősségi
FŐNÉV
B1
1
áldozat
B1
Használati minta:
[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.
Példák tanulóknak
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.
Gyakori hiba:
Learners sometimes confuse 'casualty' with 'casual', but they are unrelated in meaning.
Jelentés
person injured or killed
Szókapcsolatok
civilian casualties
|war casualties
|suffer casualties
|report casualties
|casualty figures
Szinonimák
victim (Often used more broadly for anyone harmed, not just in large-scale events.)
Antonimák
survivor (Refers to someone who lives through an event that causes harm to others.)
Témák
emergencies
|war
|health
|law
Definíció
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.
FŐNÉV
B2
2
áldozat
B1
Használati minta:
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.
Példák tanulóknak
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.
Gyakori hiba:
Learners may think it only refers to death or injury, but it can also mean something harmed or lost in a non-physical way.
Jelentés
person or thing badly affected
Szókapcsolatok
a casualty of war
|a casualty of the recession
|political casualty
Szinonimák
loss (More general; can refer to something gone or destroyed, not necessarily harmed by an event.)
Antonimák
beneficiary (Someone who gains from an event where others lose.)
Témák
society
|politics
|core_vocabulary
Definíció
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.
FŐNÉV
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.
Példák tanulóknak
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.
Gyakori hiba:
Some learners may not realize 'casualty' here is British usage and not common in American English, where 'emergency room' is used instead.
Jelentés
hospital emergency department
Szókapcsolatok
taken to casualty
|casualty department
Szinonimák
emergency room (US term for the same hospital department.)
Témák
health
|medicine
|daily_life
Definíció
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.
Nyelvtan
Szótári alak
casualty
IPA
GB/kˈæʒuəlti/
US/kˈæʒuəlti/
Szótagolás és hangsúly
cas - u - alty (3 szótag)
Stress on 1st syllable (cas)
Szóalakok
Noun
- Base: casualty
- Plural: casualties
Szócsalád
Kifejezések
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.
Példák
- 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.
Példák
- 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.
Példák
- The minister became a political casualty after the scandal.
- Several officials were political casualties of the new policy changes.