Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.是什么意思？

Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.

探险队中43名成员遇难。

members

n. 成员( member的名词复数 )，分子，身体部位（尤指胳膊或腿）；

例句
...one of the brightest and ablest members of the government...
政府里最聪明能干的成员之一

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

expedition

n. 考察，远航，考察队，远征军，（短途的）旅行，迅速（办理）；

例句
A Dr Matthew Owens was reported missing while on an expedition to north-eastern Turkey.
据报道，一位叫马修·欧文斯的博士在前往土耳其东北部考察的途中失踪了。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

killed

adj. 被杀死的，断开的；v. 杀死( kill的过去式和过去分词 )，使停止[结束，失败]，破坏，减弱，抵消，使痛苦，使受折磨；

例句
Six passengers were killed in the accident.
六名乘客在车祸中丧生。