Many small businesses have fallen victim to the recession.
许多小企业成为经济衰退的受害者。
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fall victim to somebody/something• And dying for a drink.The badgerfalls victim to the drought.• Bill Vaughan, returned the favor last year after the Baptistchurchfell victim toarson.• Not one has ever fallen victim to a gangland-style hit after coming forward with solid information.• Even Jim Harrick fell victim to the mood.• For one thing, government economicstatistics have fallen victim to the fiscalparalysis in Washington.• Numbers of large mammals, including elephants, will have fallen victim toboobytraps and land-mines.• Many of you who do use your talents and prosper in the business may fall victim to its pressures.• Don't allow yourself to fall victim toself-fulfillingprophecy.
There are now so many tourists that the area has become a victim of its own success.
现在来了这么多游客,使该地区因成功而反受其害。
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be/become a victim of its own success• The helplineis a victim of its own success with so many people calling that no one can get through.• Moreover, to a great extent the health service is a victim of its own success.
5.sacrificial victimRRa person or animal that is killed and offered as a sacrifice (=gift) to a god 献祭用的人[牲畜];牺牲
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sacrificial victim• He had to shift the blame, find a sacrificial victim.• Is she perhaps a sacrificial victim?• And at their feet, a white-clad sacrificial victim, was the body.• Yet again, housing is the mainsacrificial victim.• In most cases, however, the imam was a sort of sacrificial victim.• Now he is Yahweh's sacrificial victim.• And the sacrificial victim is yourself.• They were in the middle of a hideousritual, and they were the sacrificial victims.
6.fashion/style victimFASHIONABLEsomeone who always wears the most fashionable clothes even if they do not look good in them 时尚牺牲品〔指不管是否适合自己总是身着最时髦服装的人〕
nCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: someone who suffers because of something bad that happens or because of an illness
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + victim
a flood/earthquake/cyclone etc victim
Earthquake victims were living in tents in the city's parks.
a famine victim (=someone who has had no food to eat for a long time)
Aid is being shipped to famine victims.
a cancer/AIDS etc victim
He helped raise £2,000 for a dying cancer victim.
an accident/crash victim
The crash victims were rushed to hospital.
an innocent victim
Children are the innocent victims of war.
an unfortunate victim
If you are the unfortunate victim of a tragic accident, this card will tell doctors that you are willing to donate your organs.
victim + NOUN
a victim mentality (=when someone always thinks of themselves as a victim)
Many of us fall into a victim mentality, and blame all our troubles on other people.
phrases
a victim of circumstance (=someone who suffers because of something they cannot control)
She was a victim of circumstance, as she was born at a time when women had no power.
verbs
blame the victim (=to say that someone is responsible for their own bad situation )
It is blaming the victim to ask the woman what she does that makes her husband lose his temper and hit her.
portray somebody as a victim (=to write or talk about someone as though they are not responsible for their bad situation)
She was portrayed as the victim of a loveless marriage.
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victim• victims of domesticabuse• a victim of circumstance• Is that what you meant by killers and victims?• Heart attack victims stand a better chance if they are treated immediately.• One of the bombing victims was dead on arrival in hospital.• They are launching a massiveaidprogram to help the faminevictims.• And the first victims were not black, as you might surmise, but white men.• Our aim is to help victims of crime.• The program was grossly insensitive to Holocaustvictims.• We maintain the hope that Gil will be the last victim.• Children, too, are the main victims of landmines.• a murder victim• She had been the victim of a particularly vicious attack.• It is all too common to blame the victim in rape cases.• If the person's heart was heavy with misdeeds, the Devourer would consume the victim and they would never find peace.• He was ordered to compensate all of the victims of the fire and pay a heavy fine.• In most sexualoffences, the attacker is known to the victim.• The victim was shaken, but physically unharmed.• The victim still had a small piece of metal from the van in his leg, he added.
blaming the victim• The Employment Training Scheme is a classic example of blaming the victim.• There are a range of behaviours and relationships which provide a variety of ways of blaming the victim.• This is more than blaming the victim, it involves making the victim part of the problem.• When does encouraging women to be appropriately cautious amount to blaming the victim?
Originvictim
(1400-1500)Latinvictima“person or animal killed as a religious offering”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + VICTIM | VICTIM + VERB | VICTIM + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤hapless, helpless, innocent, poor, unfortunate, unwilling倒霉的/無助的/無辜的/可憐的/不幸的/無奈的受害者◇He defrauded his innocent victims of millions.他從那些無辜的受害人手裏詐取了好幾百萬。➤unsuspecting, unwitting毫無戒備的/不知情的受害者➤easy容易受害的人◇Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets.遊客很容易遭扒竊。➤passive被動的受害者➤willing自願的犧牲品◇In his fantasies, women became passive and sometimes even willing victims.在他的幻想中,女性成了聽天由命、有時甚至是心甘情願的受害者。➤intended, potential有意傷害的對象;可能的受害者◇The intended victims were selected because they seemed vulnerable.受害者之所以被選中是因為他們看起來容易讓人的企圖得逞。➤alleged據稱的受害者➤primary主要受害者◇Boys are the primary victims of corporal punishment.男孩是體罰的主要對象。➤child, elderly, young受害的兒童/老年人/年輕人◇the child victims of the war受戰爭之害的兒童➤female, male受害女性/男性➤civilian受害平民➤injured傷者➤AIDS, cancer, heart-attack, plague, stroke艾滋病患者;癌症患者;心臟病發作者;染上瘟疫者;中風患者➤burn (especially NAmE) , burns (BrE) 燒傷患者➤genocide, Holocaust種族滅絕/大屠殺受害者▸➤bomb, bombing爆炸事件受害者➤accident, crash事故/相撞事故受害者➤disaster, earthquake, famine, flood, hurricane, tsunami災民;地震災民;饑民;水災災民;颶風災民;海嘯災民◇The government is sending aid to flood victims.政府正在向洪水災民運送救援物資。➤abuse, assault, crime, domestic-violence, homicide (especially NAmE) , identity-theft, incest, kidnap, lynching (especially NAmE) , murder, rape, terror, torture, etc.受虐者、受攻擊者、罪行受害者、家庭暴力受害者、被害人、身分被盜受害者、亂倫受害者、綁架案受害者、私刑受害者、謀殺案受害者、強姦案受害者、恐怖案受害者、酷刑受害者等◇The helpline takes calls from child-abuse victims.這部服務熱線受理受虐兒童打來的電話。◇the failure to protect domestic-violence victims沒能保護家庭暴力的受害者➤gunshot槍擊案受害者➤suicide自殺者➤sacrificial祭獻;犧牲品➤fashion盲目趕時髦的人◇She's a fashion victim (= wears the newest fashions even if they do not suit her).她盲目追求時尚。VERB + VICTIM➤be, become, fall是受害人;成為受害人◇ways to avoid becoming a victim of fraud避免上當受騙的方法◇Her son fell victim to tuberculosis.她兒子患上了肺結核。➤portray sb as將某人描繪成受害者◇In his trial, he tried to portray himself as the victim of an uncaring society.他在受審過程中力圖將自己描繪成冷漠社會的犧牲品。➤claim奪去生命◇The train crash claimed its tenth victim yesterday when the driver died in hospital.司機昨天在醫院裏不治身亡,成為這起火車撞毀事件的第十名遇難者。➤compensate賠償受害者◇a bill aimed at compensating victims of air pollution旨在為空氣污染受害者提供賠償的法案➤blame歸咎於受害者◇The cut in benefits for the unemployed is a classic case of blaming the victim.削減失業救濟金是將責任推給利益受損者的典型例子。➤aid, assist, help援助受害者;幫助受害者➤rescue, save救援/拯救受害者➤treat醫治受害者➤stalk尾隨跟踪受害者➤lure誘惑受害者◇He managed to lure victims into his car.他設法將受害人誘入了他的汽車。➤choose, select, target選擇受害人;瞄準受害人◇He targeted younger victims, often single women.他將目標對準較年輕的受害者,通常是單身女子。➤identify辨認受害者◇Not all victims have been identified yet.並非所有的受害者都已辨明了身分。➤commemorate, honour/honor, remember紀念受害者;向受害者表示敬意◇a service to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks紀念恐怖襲擊受害者的活動➤bury埋葬遇難者VICTIM + VERB➤die受害人死去➤survive (sth)受害人(在⋯中)活了下來➤suffer (sth)受害人遭受(⋯)◇The victim suffered severe cuts to the upper lip.受害人的上嘴唇有嚴重的割傷。VICTIM + NOUN➤culture, mentality受害者文化/心態◇This victim mentality is sadly all too prevalent in our country.可悲的是,這種受害者心態在我們國家過於普遍。➤status受害人身分◇groups claiming victim status要求獲得受害人身分的群體➤impact statement關於受害人所受影響之陳述◇states which allow victims to make a victim impact statement允許受害人做受害人影響陳述的州➤advocate (NAmE) 受害者代理律師PREPOSITION➤victim of⋯的受害者◇They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他們被無情地誆騙了。PHRASES➤play the victim假扮受害者◇Stop playing the victim-you knew exactly what was happening.別假扮受害者了 - 你心裏知道究竟是怎麼回事。➤a victim of your/its own success自身成功的受害者◇The small company became a victim of its own success when it could not supply all its orders on time.這家小公司為成功所累,未能按時全部交付訂單。
victim noun ⇨victim1 (victims of crime)⇨victim2 (victims of a cruel hoax)⇨patient (AIDS victims)victim1
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victims of crime犯罪的受害者victims of a cruel hoax大骗局的受骗者victim ♦︎ casualty ♦︎ fatalityThese are all words for sb who has been hurt or killed in an attack or accident, or sth which is destroyed when sth else happens.这些词均表示袭击事件或意外事故中的受害者、罹难者或牺牲品。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a victim / casualty / fatality of sth◆accident victims / casualties◆a war victim / casualty◆a victim / casualty of war■victim[countable] a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime or accident受害者;罹难者;牺牲者◆murder / rape victims谋杀案/强奸案的受害者◆accident / earthquake / famine victims事故/地震/饥荒的罹难者◆victims of crime犯罪的受害者◆He shouldn't feel ashamed-he was an innocent victim.他不应感到羞愧-他是个无辜的受害者。 see also victim ⇨ patient■casualty ˈkæʒuəlti [countable] a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident; a person who suffers or a thing that is destroyed when sth else takes place(战争或事故的)死伤者,遇难者;受害者;毁坏物◆Our primary objective is reducing road casualties.我们的首要目标是减少交通事故伤亡。◆Both sides had suffered heavy casualties(= many people had been killed).双方都伤亡惨重。◆She became a casualty of the reduction in part-time work(= she lost her job).她成了裁减兼职工作的受害者。◆They say that truth is the first casualty of war.他们说战争来临时,首先倒下的是真理。■fatality fəˈtæləti [countable] a death that is caused in an accident or war or by some other act of violence(事故、战争或其他暴力行为中的)死亡◆Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities.有几个人受了伤,但没有人死亡。 see also fatal ⇨ fatalvictim2
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victims of crime犯罪的受害者victims of a cruel hoax大骗局的受骗者victim ♦︎ scapegoat ♦︎ sucker ♦︎ soft touch ♦︎ patsy ♦︎ fall guy ♦︎ dupeThese are all words for a person who has been deceived, or who is easily deceived.这些词均表示受骗者或容易上当受骗的人。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a poor victim / scapegoat / sucker / dupe◆to make sb a victim / scapegoat / patsy / fall guy◆to use sb as a scapegoat / patsy / fall guy■victim [countable] a person who has been tricked受骗者;上当的人◆They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个大骗局的受骗者。◆Tourists are easy victims for pickpockets.游客容易成为扒手下手的目标。◆She fell victim to an unscrupulous landlord.她被一个无良房东骗了。■scapegoat ˈskeɪpgəʊt; NAmEˈskeɪpgoʊt [countable] a person who is blamed for sth wrong that sb else has done or a mistake they have made, especially when this is done because it is convenient for other people替罪羊;代人受过者◆She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence.她觉得本来是老板无能,但自己却成了替罪羊。■sucker [countable] (especially NAmE, informal, disapproving) a person who is easily tricked or persuaded to do sth容易上当受骗的人;没有主见的人◆I never did get that money back from him-what a sucker I am.我从来没能向他讨回那笔钱-我真是个傻蛋!■ˌsoft ˈtouch [countable] (informal)
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a person who is easily persuaded to do sth易被说服的人;耳根子软的人◆He saw her as a soft touch.他认为她是个耳根子软的人。■patsy [countable] (especially NAmE, informal, disapproving) a weak person who is easily cheated or deceived, or who is forced to take the blame for sth that sb else has done wrong容易吃亏上当者;容易成为替罪羊者◆I thought you respected me-now I find out that I'm just another one of your patsies.我原以为你很尊敬我,现在才知道我只不过是你的另一个替死鬼。■fall guyˈfɔːl gaɪ [countable] (especially NAmE, ratherinformal) a scapegoat代人受过者;替罪羊◆He realized he'd been set up as the fall guy.他意识到自己蒙冤成了替罪羊。■dupedjuːp; NAmEduːp [countable] (formal, written) a person who is tricked or cheated上当受骗者◆These men were simply the dupes of their unscrupulous leaders.这些人只不过是被那些别有居心的领导骗了。