victim

英 ['vɪktɪm] 美 ['vɪktɪm]

解释

※ 提供单词"victim"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

victim 受害者

来自拉丁语victima,祭品，献祭的人或动物，来自PIE*weik,选择，选出祭品，牺牲，词源同Wicca,witch。由祭品引申词义受害者。

victim: victim: [15] Victim originally denoted a ‘person or animal killed as a sacrifice’; the more general notion of ‘someone who suffers from or is killed by something’ is a secondary development. The word was borrowed from Latin victima, which may be related to German weihen ‘consecrate’.
victim (n.): late 15c., "living creature killed and offered as a sacrifice to a deity or supernatural power," from Latin victima "person or animal killed as a sacrifice." Perhaps distantly connected to Old English wig "idol," Gothic weihs "holy," German weihen "consecrate" (compare Weihnachten "Christmas") on notion of "a consecrated animal." Sense of "person who is hurt, tortured, or killed by another" is recorded from 1650s; meaning "person oppressed by some power or situation" is from 1718. Weaker sense of "person taken advantage of" is recorded from 1781.

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1. The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.: 受害者受了重伤，大量失血。

2. We usually think of a victim of mugging as being someone elderly.: 我们通常以为被拦路抢劫的受害者是老年人。

5. Almost without exception these women fall victim to exploitation.: 这些女性几乎无一例外都受到了盘剥。