victim
/ˈvɪktɪm/noun
1- a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action受害者, 遭难者, 罹难者。
1.1
- a person who is tricked or duped受骗者：
the victim of a hoax.
骗局的受害者。
1.2
- a living creature killed as a religious sacrifice（祭祀用的）牺牲。
1.3
- a person who has come to feel helpless and passive in the face of misfortune or ill-treatment（面对不幸事件或虐待时的）无助者; 被动者：
I saw myself as a victim
我觉得自己是个无助的人
as modifier a victim mentality.一种无助者的心态。
短语
fall victim to
- be hurt, killed, damaged, or destroyed by成为…的受害者（或牺牲品）：
many streams have fallen victim to the recent drought.
许多小河都成了近期干旱的牺牲品。
词源
late 15th cent. (denoting a creature killed as a religious sacrifice)： from Latin victima.