| 单词 | kill¹ |
| 释义 | kill¹ /kɪl; kɪl/v 1. [i,t] to make someone die 杀死; 弄死:◇he's in jail for killing a policeman. 他因杀死一名警察而入狱。◇three people were killed when a car bomb exploded in bilbao. 一枚汽车炸弹在毕尔巴爆炸，三个人被炸死。◇the disease can kill. 这种病能致命。 2. [t] to make something stop, or prevent it from happening 使停止，阻止:◇they gave her drugs to kill the pain. 他们给了她一些药止痛。 3. sb will kill sb spoken used to say that someone will be very angry with another person 【口】 某人会对某人大发雷霆:◇my wife will kill me if she finds out. 我老婆发现的话会对我大发雷霆的。 4. my feet/legs etc are killing me spoken used to say that part of your body is hurting a lot 【口】 我的脚/腿等疼得要命 5. kill time informal to spend time doing something, while you are waiting for something else to happen 【非正式】 消磨［打发］时间 6. have time/an hour/an afternoon etc to kill to have nothing particular to do for an hour, an afternoon etc 有些时间/一个小时/一下午等要消磨 7. kill two birds with one stone to save time or effort by doing one thing at the same time you do another 一石二鸟，一举两得，一箭双雕:◇while i was in town i decided to kill two birds with one stone and go and see grandpa as well. 我在城里时决定一举两得，顺便去看望祖父。kill sb/sth ↔ offto get rid of someone or something 杀死，除掉［某人或某物］:◇his character gets killed off ten minutes into the film. 他演的角色在电影里出现了才十分钟就被杀掉了。usage note 用法说明: killcompare 比较 kill, murder, slaughter, butcher, assassinate, and 和 massacre.kill is a general word meaning 'to make someone die'. murder means 'to kill someone on purpose'. kill 是个普通的词，意为“让某人死”。murder 的意思是“蓄意杀死某人”:◇he murdered his wife by putting poison in her food. 他在食物中放毒，谋杀了他的妻子。slaughter means 'to kill animals for food', but it can also describe the cruel, or unnecessary killing of people. slaughter 的意思是“屠宰动物以供食用”，但也可用于描述残暴的、毫无必要的杀人行径:◇thousands of people were needlessly slaughtered in a senseless war. 成千上万的人在一场毫无意义的战争中被无谓地屠杀了。butcher is even stronger. butcher 的语义更为强烈:◇he was responsible for the butchering of innocent women and children. 他对残杀无辜的妇女和儿童负有责任。assassinate means 'to kill a famous person, especially a political leader'. assassinate 的意思是“刺杀名人，尤其是政治领袖”:◇an attempt to assassinate the president 刺杀总统的企图。massacre means 'to kill large numbers of people, especially people who cannot defend themselves'. massacre 意为“屠杀大批人，尤指杀害没有自卫能力的人”:◇whole populations were massacred by invading europeans. 全体人口都被入侵的欧洲人屠杀了。 |
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