Corak penggunaan:
[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.
Contoh untuk pelajar
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.
Kesilapan biasa:
Learners sometimes confuse 'casualty' with 'casual', but they are unrelated in meaning.
Maksud
person injured or killed
Kolokasi
civilian casualties
|war casualties
|suffer casualties
|report casualties
|casualty figures
Sinonim
victim (Often used more broadly for anyone harmed, not just in large-scale events.)
Antonim
survivor (Refers to someone who lives through an event that causes harm to others.)
Tema
emergencies
|war
|health
|law
Definisi
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.
Corak penggunaan:
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.
Contoh untuk pelajar
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.
Kesilapan biasa:
Learners may think it only refers to death or injury, but it can also mean something harmed or lost in a non-physical way.
Maksud
person or thing badly affected
Kolokasi
a casualty of war
|a casualty of the recession
|political casualty
Sinonim
loss (More general; can refer to something gone or destroyed, not necessarily harmed by an event.)
Antonim
beneficiary (Someone who gains from an event where others lose.)
Tema
society
|politics
|core_vocabulary
Definisi
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.
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.
Contoh untuk pelajar
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.
Kesilapan biasa:
Some learners may not realize 'casualty' here is British usage and not common in American English, where 'emergency room' is used instead.
Maksud
hospital emergency department
Kolokasi
taken to casualty
|casualty department
Sinonim
emergency room (US term for the same hospital department.)
Tema
health
|medicine
|daily_life
Definisi
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.