English Dictionary

victim

/ˈvɪktɪm/

noun

One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam. / One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.

The victim bravely testified against her attacker in court.

意味（1）

One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.

victims of assault; the murderer's victims

意味（2）

One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.

a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash

意味（3）

One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.

a victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence

意味（4）

One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.

relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane

意味（5）

A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.

意味（6）

(by extension, Christianity) The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.