2015年4月28日 星期二

[英文] ”殺戮”同義字整理- slaughter/ butcher/ massacre/ murder/ annihilate/ exterminate/ execute/ eliminate



喬每次看社會版都看到很多殺戮相關動詞,於是靈感一動今天想要整理一份相關的同義字字彙整理區。這應該不算過於負面吧XD,一直用kill到很膩了嗎?各位同學們一起來學習殺戮的同義字吧!


slaughter (n.) (尤指戰爭中的)屠殺; 殺戮
[the killing of many people cruelly and unfairly, especially in a war]
: Hardly anyone in the town escaped the slaughter when the rebels were defeated.
判斷份子被擊敗後,鎮上幾乎沒有人能逃過隨之而來的大屠殺
: We must find ways of reducing the slaughter which takes place on our roads every year. 我們必須設法減少每年因車禍而造成的重大死亡

butcher (n.) 肉商; 肉販
[a person who sells meat in a shop]

massacre (n.) 大屠殺; 殘殺
[an act of killing a lot of people]
: He ordered the massacre of 2,000 women and children.
他下令屠殺了2000名婦女與兒童

murder (n.) 謀殺; 兇殺
[the crime of intentionally killing a person]
: Two sisters have been charged with (= officially accused of) murder.
兩姐妹被控謀殺
: There were three murders in the town last year. 去年鎮上發生了三件謀殺案
: The three were convicted of murder. 三人被判犯有謀殺罪

annihilate (V.) 徹底摧毀; 消滅; 毀滅
[to destroy completely so that nothing is left]
: a city annihilated by an atomic bomb 被原子彈夷為平地的城市

exterminate (V.) 根除; 滅絕; 消滅
[to kill all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type]
: Once cockroaches get into a building, it’s very difficult to exterminate them.
一旦屋裡有了蟑螂,就很難徹底消滅
: Millions of Jewish people were exterminated in concentration camps in the Second World War.
二戰期間,幾百萬猶太人在集中營被集體屠殺

execute (V.) (依法)處決; 處死
[to kill someone as a legal punishment]
: He was executed for murder. 他因飯謀殺罪被處死

liquidate (V.)(n.) 清算; 清盤
[to cause a business to close, so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts]
: After 3 years of heavy losses the company went into liquidation with debts totalling 100 million US dollars.
在遭受三年嚴重虧損之後,該公司最終只得清盤,其負債達一億美元

eliminate (V.) 排除; 根除; 清除
[to remove or take away]
: A move towards healthy eating could help eliminate heart disease.
養成健康的飲食習慣有助於消除心臟病誘因
: We eliminated the possibility that it could have been an accident.
我們排除了這或許是一場意外事故的可能性
: The police eliminated him from their enquiries.
員警已把他排除在調查對象之外

destroy (V.) 毀壞; 摧毀; 毀滅
[to damage something so badly that it does not exist or cannot be used]
: Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war.
該城的大部分老城區都在戰爭中被炸毀了

decimate (V.) 毀滅; 大量殺戮; 大幅削減
[to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely]
: Populations of endangered animals have been decimated.
瀕臨動物的數量已經大幅減少

mow down (V.) 殺死; 撞死(某人)
[to kill people, usually in large numbers, by shooting them or driving a vehicle into them]
: Three shoppers were mown down this afternoon when a drunken driver lost control of his car.
今天下午一名醉酒司機駕車失控,撞死三名購物者

cut back/down (V.) 減少; 削減; 縮減
[to do less of something or use something in smaller amounts]
: The government has announced plans to cut back on defence spending by 10% next year.
政府宣布了明年國防開支縮減10%的計畫
: I’m trying to cut down on caffeine.
我在努力減少咖啡因的攝入量

slay (V.) (以暴力) 殺死; 殘殺
[to kill in a violent way]
: St George slew the dragon.
聖喬治殺死了那條龍




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