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cas.ual.ty PERSON5kAV7jU7El7tin [C]a person killed or hurt in a serious accident or war, or a person or thing that suffers as a result of something else happening伤亡人员,伤亡,受害者The train was derailed but there were no casualties, police said.警方说火车脱轨了,可是没有伤亡。Casualties of/from the fighting are being treated in a nearby hospital.打斗中受伤的人在附近的一家医院接受治疗。The casualty toll from the invasion was surprisingly low.这次入侵引起的伤亡人数惊人地低。She lost her job in 1989, a casualty of the recession.她在1989年失业,成了经济衰退的受害者。The first casualty of the reorganization will be the regular bus service, which will either be reduced or stopped altogether.重组之后,正常的公共汽车服务首遭其害,不是班次减少了,就是完全停开了。"The first casualty when war comes is truth" (from a speech by Hiram Johnson, 1917)“当战争来临时,真理是第一个受害者”(希拉姆·约翰逊的演讲)
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