English Dictionary

casualty

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkaʒjʊəlti/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 禁用 イギリス英語 廃用

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster. / A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.

日本語の意味

不慮の事故、災害、偶発的に発生した不幸な出来事 / 事故や暴力による怪我、死亡などの被害者

The canceled concert was a casualty of the sudden storm.

中止になったコンサートは、突然の嵐がもたらした不運な結果だった。

意味（1）

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

The course of his education was like that of others, such as put him little in the way of extraordinary casualties.

意味（2）

A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.

意味（3）

(proscribed) Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.

意味（4）

(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).

意味（5）

(Britain) The accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate treatment; a casualty department or emergency room.

意味（6）

An incidental charge or payment.

意味（7）

Someone or something adversely affected by a decision, event or situation.

Among recent casualties is the S.B.B.'s branch from Nyon to Divonne-les-Bains, just across the French frontier, closed to all traffic at the commencement of the winter service.

意味（8）

(obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.

, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8: The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty, and multitude […]

casualties （ plural ）