casualty的意思|casualty的解释-里氏词典

casualty ['kæʒjuәlti]

n. 意外事故, 伤亡, 受害者

[化] 事故

[医] 变故, 伤亡

Heavy casualties were reported (ie It was reported that many people had been killed) in the fighting.
据报战斗中伤亡惨重（很多人被杀）.
The cottage was a casualty of the forest fire.
那小屋被森林大火烧毁.
The surgeon on casualty duty was so busy that he just had time to bolt down a sandwich.
那位值急诊班的外科医生非常忙碌，他仅有时间狼吞虎咽地吃了一份三明治。

casualty

[ noun ]

someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

<noun.person>

someone injured or killed in an accident

<noun.person>

an accident that causes someone to die

<noun.event>

a decrease of military personnel or equipment

<noun.event>

Casualty \Cas"u*al*ty\, n.; pl. {Casualties}. [F. casualit['e],
LL. casualitas.]
1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen;
contingency.

Losses that befall them by mere casualty. --Sir W.
Raleigh.

2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or
other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an
unhappy casualty.

3. pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds,
discharge, or desertion.

{Casualty ward}, A ward in a hospital devoted to the
treatment of injuries received by accident.

Syn: Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.

No casualty figures were known for either side.
Persian Gulf-based Arab diplomatic sources have estimated that at least 200 people were killed or wounded during the Iraqi invasion, but could not confirm the higher casualty figures.
Says the J.K. Lasser Institute in its annual publication Your Income Tax: "If your return is audited, you will have to prove that the casualty occurred and the amount of the loss.
The attacks raised the casualty toll to 11 dead and 45 wounded since fighting began Sunday between the Shiite Jaafar clan and residents of the Catholic town of Qoubaiyat, 70 miles northeast of Beirut.
The property and casualty division showed a $79 million loss, compared with a $54 million loss in the 1989 third quarter.
Emerging markets continue to suffer setbacks, with Greece the latest casualty, writes John Pitt.
The outlook isn't bright for property and casualty insurers that rely more on investment income, which slides along with rates.
Currently in liquidation, the Paramus, N.J., property and casualty insurer was taken over by the state insurance department in December 1986 after being hit with uncollectable reinsurance claims.
The 22-year-old East German who drowned in the Danube was the first casualty reported among the thousands of East Germans traveling to Hungary.
The casualty list after last week's musical chairs in John Major's government may be a bit shorter than first appeared.
Mr. Saunders stepped down Friday, becoming the biggest casualty yet of a widening British government investigation into Guinness's takeover of Distillers Co. last year, equivalent to $3.74 billion at current exchange rates.
Astrero said there were conflicting reports on the casualty figure but it appeared the agency count was too high.
"If you don't have local support," says Mr. Mace, "you can't save the species." Niagara is the parent of Exchange Insurance Co. Berkley also is involved in property casualty insurance.
The media quoted higher casualty tolls from the typhoon.
The biggest casualty on this year's list was Exxon Corp., which plummeted to No. 110.
The units were affected by a 10-for-one split and closed at 412p, against an opening price of 4098p. Barclays was a casualty in an otherwise buoyant banking arena, as the shares continued to react to increasing worries about a dividend cut.
Official Soviet news media did not give any casualty figures. Armenia was the hardest-hit area in the Caucasus.
Last year, Sharp signed a contract to supply 10,000 Wizards to home and car insurance agents for Prudential Insurance Co.'s property and casualty unit.
Amex Life, which showed profits of $59 million in regulatory filings last year, represents the portion of Fireman's Fund Corp. that American Express retained after it acquired the insurer and sold the property and casualty business to the public in 1986.
Farmers, with about $11 billion in assets, is the nation's third largest home and auto insurer, and the seventh largest property and casualty insurer.
They acknowledged 48 of their fighters were killed and said casualty figures were incomplete.
One unfortunate casualty of the ongoing debate about the quota of women MPs in the Labour party was yesterday's traditional pre-conference football match between the Labour party and Fleet Street.
The Coast Guard recently began inspections of such vessels because of the "significant casualty rate" and Monday was the deadline for applying for an inspection.
The spokesman said casualty reports were sketchy because radio contact with the Kurdish stronghold south of the Turkish border was difficult.
Most of Japan's leading 15 casualty insurers are backed by strong corporate groupings.
The accounting firm said the company's loss on the liquidation of its property and casualty insurance business could exceed the $29 million set aside for the purpose.
One casualty is likely to be "harassment drones," which fly over an enemy radar, force it to turn on, then crash into it.
One prominent casualty may be Mr Leopoldo Pirelli, the chairman, who is expected to be replaced soon.
The army said it was checking the casualty reports.
The army said eight other protesters were wounded Sunday, but Arab hospital officials put the number at 23. The day's violence increased the casualty toll of the last three days to nine dead and more than 70 wounded.

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