【casualty】 - AEAS备考词汇

casualty

UK:  ['kæʒuəlti]

US:  ['kæʒuəlti]

复数：casualties  

n.

1.严重伤亡事故

2.受害者

3.人身事故

4.事故,横祸,灾难;损坏

5.死伤者

6.受伤害

7.死伤(者),受伤者

8.消失

9.恶果

10.【军事】伤亡(人数)

1 . You were just a casualty in the battle for social dominance. But don't worry. Your loyalty's been rewarded.
你只是为了争取社交优势所牺牲的人而已。不过没关系，你们的忠诚是有回报的。

2 . It would be most unfortunate if this important flow of diplomatic information were a casualty of WikiLeaks' crusade for free information.
假如在维基解密为信息自由而进行的斗争中，重要的外交信息流通沦为受害者，那将是最大的不幸。

3 . Conspiracy theories abound; in missed market opportunities, as in war, truth is often the first casualty.
阴谋论四起；如同在战争中一样，遇到失去的市场机遇，真相往往成为第一个伤亡者。

4 . It's easy to chalk Bryant up as a casualty of hype, because he does have flaws in his game that are easily exposed under scrutiny.
人们轻易地就将科比定格为不定因素多多的那一类，围观者一多，他在比赛中缺陷确实就会有所暴露。

5 . It has questioned the patriotism of any critics. It has even locked up three of the doctors who revealed some of the casualty figures.
它质疑任何批评家的爱国心，甚至关押了透露一些伤亡人数的三名医生。