词组 | victim |
释义 | victim /ˈvɪktəm, ˈvɪktɪm/ noun someone who something bad happens toadjectivesan innocent victim Children are the innocent victims of war.an unfortunate/hapless victim He was the unfortunate victim of a computer error.a helpless/passive victim The people are seen as passive victims of their government’s decisions.an unsuspecting/unwitting victim (=not realizing what is happening) He crept up behind his unsuspecting victim.the intended victim The police believe that it was his brother who was the intended victim.nouns + victima crime/murder/rape etc victim The parents of the murder victim said they were glad her killer had been caught.an accident/crash victim The crash victims were rushed to hospital.a flood/earthquake/tsunami etc victim Earthquake victims were living in tents in the city’s parks.a famine victim (=someone in a place where there is too little food to eat) Aid is being shipped to famine victims.a cancer/AIDS etc victim He helped raise money for AIDS victims.verbsfall victim to sb/sth (=be harmed by someone or something) Thousands of people fall victim to internet criminals every day.portray sb as a victim (=show someone as a victim) She was portrayed as the victim of a loveless marriage.blame the victim (=say that someone is responsible for bad things that happen to them) Asking a woman what she did to provoke an attack is blaming the victim.victim + nounsa victim mentality/culture (=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.prepositionsa victim of sth At least half the students know someone who has been the victim of violence.phrasesa victim of circumstance (=someone who suffers because of something they cannot control) She was a victim of circumstance, born at a time when women had no power.be/become a victim of your own success (=suffer in some way as a result of being successful) The festival has become a victim of its own success and it is difficult to find a place that is big enough. |
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