casualty
意味
- (事故・災害などの)死傷者,負傷者,被災者,被害者;(戦争による)負傷者,行方不明者
- 不慮の事故,人身事故
例文
The announcement exaggerated the number of casualties.
その発表は死傷者の数を誇張していた。
Casualties are said to total up to 1,000.
死傷者は合計1000名となったということだ。
Fortunately, there were no casualties.
死者が出なかったのは不幸中の幸いだった。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From casual, from Middle French casuel, from Medieval Latin casualitas and Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”). Originally meaning “a chance event” (compare casual, as in “casual encounter”), it developed a negative meaning as “an unfortunate event”, especially the loss of a person.