Английский Этимологический словарь - victim
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~ n 1 someone who has been attacked, robbed, or murdered (In most sexual offences the attacker is known to the victim. | rape/murder etc victim) (Most homicide victims are under 30.) 2 someone who suffers because they are affected by a bad situation or by an illness (a victim of circumstances | famine/earthquake/flood victims) (a massive aid program for the famine victims | polio/cholera/AIDS victim) (Many cholera victims were being left to die.) 3 something that is badly affected or destroyed by a situation or action (fall victim to (=become a victim of something)) (Vital public services have fallen victim to budget cuts.) 4 be a victim of its own success to be badly affected by some unexpected results of being very successful (The once-peaceful village has attracted so many tourists that it has become a victim of its own success.) 5 sacrificial victim a person or animal that is killed and offered as a sacrifice1 (3) (=gift) to a god 6 fashion/style victim informal someone who always wears the newest fashions whether it suits them or not ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(victims) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A victim is someone who has been hurt or killed. Not all the victims survived... Statistically our chances of being the victims of violent crime are remote. N-COUNT 2. A victim is someone who has suffered as a result of someone else’s actions or beliefs, or as a result of unpleasant circumstances. He was a victim of racial prejudice... Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims. N-COUNT 3. If you fall victim to something or someone, you suffer as a result of them, or you are killed by them. In the early 1960s, Blyton fell victim to Alzheimer’s disease... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Latin ~a; perhaps akin to Old High German wih holy Date: 15th century 1. a living being sacrificed to a deity or in the performance of a religious rite 2. one that is acted on and usually adversely affected by a force or agent the schools are ~s of the social system: as a. (1) one that is injured, destroyed, or sacrificed under any of various conditions a ~ of cancer a ~ of the auto crash a murder ~ (2) one that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment a frequent ~ of political attacks b. one that is tricked or duped a con man's ~ • ~hood noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a person injured or killed as a result of an event or circumstance (a road victim; the victims of war). 2 a person or thing injured or destroyed in pursuit of an object or in gratification of a passion etc. (the victim of their ruthless ambition). 3 a prey; a dupe (fell victim to a confidence trick). 4 a living creature sacrificed to a deity or in a religious rite. Etymology: L victima ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. рел. живое существо, приносимое в жертву 2. жертва victims of war —- жертвы войны the victim of malice —- жертва недоброжелательства the victim of his own folly —- жертва собственной глупости to fall victim to smth. —- стать (пасть) жертвой чего-л. 3. жертва обмана, простак ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun жертва; the victim of his own foolishness - жертва собственной глупости; to fall a victim to - стать жертвой кого-л., чего-л. ...Англо-русский словарь
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