victim

英 [ˈvɪktɪm]

美 [ˈvɪktɪm]

n.  受害者; 罹难者; 罹病者; 牺牲品; 受骗者; 上当的人; 为祭祀杀死的动物(或人); 祭品; 牺牲

复数：victims　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.1371 / COCA.1063

习惯用语

n.

fall victim (to sth)
• 受伤；受损；被害
  to be injured, damaged or killed by sth

牛津词典

noun

• 受害者；罹难者；罹病者；牺牲品
  a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc.
  1. murder/rape, etc. victims
     谋杀案、强奸案等受害者
  2. accident/earthquake/famine, etc. victims
     事故、地震、饥荒等的罹难者
  3. AIDS/cancer/stroke, etc. victims
     艾滋病、癌症、中风等患者
  4. victims of crime
     犯罪的受害者
  5. She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
     她是一起纵火案的无辜受害者。
  6. Schools are the latest victims of cuts in public spending.
     学校是削减公共开支的最新的牺牲品。
• 受骗者；上当的人
  a person who has been tricked
  1. They were the victims of a cruel hoax.
     他们成了一大骗局的上当受骗者。
• 为祭祀杀死的动物（或人）；祭品；牺牲
  an animal or a person that is killed and offered as a sacrifice
  1. a sacrificial victim
     祭品

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 受害者;遇害者;遇难者
  Avictimis someone who has been hurt or killed.
  1. Not all the victims survived...
     并非所有受害者都得以幸存。
  2. Statistically our chances of being the victims of violent crime are remote.
     从统计数据来看，我们成为暴力犯罪受害者的可能性微乎其微。
• N-COUNT （他人行为、信仰或恶劣环境的）牺牲品，受害者
  Avictimis someone who has suffered as a result of someone else's actions or beliefs, or as a result of unpleasant circumstances.
  1. He was a victim of racial prejudice...
     他是种族歧视的受害者。
  2. He described himself and Altman as victims rather than participants in the scandal...
     他把他自己和奥尔特曼描绘成这一丑闻的受害者而不是参与者。
  3. Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.
     传染病正在遭受洪灾的很多灾民中蔓延。
• PHRASE 成为…的牺牲品（或受害者)
  If youfall victim tosomething or someone, you suffer as a result of them, or you are killed by them.
  1. In the early 1960s, Blyton fell victim to Alzheimer's disease...
     在19世纪60年代早期，布莱顿患上了老年痴呆症。
  2. At Brussels airport he fell victim to pickpockets who pinched his wallet.
     在布鲁塞尔机场，他被扒手盯上，钱包被偷走了。

英英释义

noun

• an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance
• a person who is tricked or swindled
  Synonym:dupe

双语例句

• You've been the victim of a rather cruel deception.
  你是一场相当残忍的骗局的受害者。
• I'm not a fashion victim; I stick to what suits me.
  我不是一味赶时髦的人，我只穿适合自己的服装。
• Apparently he had been unfortunate enough to fall victim to a gang of thugs
  他显然不幸落入了一群歹徒之手。
• There is a new witness to back his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity.
  有新的目击证人证明他的说法，他是被错认了。
• This act was a signal to his victim's friends that he was someone to be reckoned with
  此举等于告诉其受害者的朋友们他不好对付。
• In the early 1960s, Blyton fell victim to Alzheimer's disease
  在19世纪60年代早期，布莱顿患上了老年痴呆症。
• To feminists she is a classic victim of the patriarchal society
  在女权主义者眼中，她是父权社会的典型受害者。
• It's never occurred to me that the intended victim of the fire was Margaret.
  我从未想过这把火竟然是冲玛格丽特放的。
• Last February the tribunal agreed he had been the victim of racial discrimination.
  去年2月，特别法庭裁定他为种族歧视的受害者。
• Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.
  传染病正在遭受洪灾的很多灾民中蔓延。