victim

【victim音标】 英[ˈvɪktɪm] 美[ˈvɪktɪm]

【单词释义】 victim是什么意思：

n. 受害人，牺牲品，牺牲者；受骗者，上当的人；祭品，牺牲；无助者，被动者

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[单词复数] victims

【常用短语】

fall victim to   成为…的牺牲品

【单词例句】

◇ An expert physician was instructed to attend to the victims and handle this case.
一位经验丰富的内科医生被指定去照顾受害者并负责处理这一案例。

---- A Strange Disease

◇ The next day, this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers. With the reporters giving an outline of the disaster, the whole nation was shocked by the damage and the victim’s extreme suffering.
第二天，所有报纸都纷纷以大字标题或主要标题报道了这一事件。记者们描述了灾难的大概情况，全国都被地震的破坏和灾民们极度的苦难所震惊。

---- A Horrible Earthquake

◇ The origin may have become popular around the 14th century when a bestselling memoir, <<The Voyage and Travel of Sir John Mandeville>>, referenced serpents who sob while eating their human victims.
这个说法大约是在14世纪开始流行起来的，当时有一本畅销的回忆录叫《约翰·曼德维尔爵士的航海旅行》，里面提到蛇在吃人的时候会流泪。

---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'