➡ See also the entry for murder另见murder条massacre ♦︎ bloodshed ♦︎ carnage ♦︎ genocide ♦︎ slaughter ♦︎ the Holocaust ♦︎ exterminationThese are all words for the killing of a large number of people.这些词均表示大屠杀。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆(a / an) bloody / appalling / terrible massacre / carnage / slaughter◆to be killed in the massacre / bloodshed / carnage / genocide / slaughter / Holocaust◆to be responsible for the massacre / bloodshed / carnage / genocide / slaughter / Holocaust◆to escape / survive the massacre / carnage / genocide / slaughter / Holocaust◆to avoid a massacre / bloodshed / carnage / slaughter / the Holocaust◆to prevent a massacre / bloodshed / genocide / the slaughter◆to end in a massacre / bloodshed / carnage◆to stop / end the bloodshed / genocide / slaughter■massacre ˈmæsəkə(r) [countable, uncountable] the killing of a large number of people, especially in a cruel way屠杀;残杀◆The bloody massacre of innocent civilians took place in October of that year.对无辜平民的血腥屠杀发生在那年的10月。◆Nobody survived the massacre.这次大屠杀无人幸免。▸massacre
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[transitive] ◆Hundreds of innocent women and children were massacred.数百名无辜的妇女和儿童惨遭杀戮。■bloodshed ˈblʌdʃed [uncountable] (ratherformal) the killing or wounding of people, usually during fighting or a war(战斗或战争中的)人员伤亡,流血事件◆The two sides called a truce to avoid further bloodshed.双方宣布休战,以避免更多的伤亡。ⓘ Bloodshed is often used in the phrase to prevent/avoid (further) bloodshed. * bloodshed常用于短语to prevent/avoid (further) bloodshed。■carnage ˈkɑːnɪdʒ [uncountable] the violent killing of a large number of people大屠杀◆The scene of carnage was indescribable.大屠杀的场面无法形容。◆How can we reduce the carnage on our roads?我们怎样才能减少重大交通事故?NOTE辨析 Massacre or carnage?A massacre is an occasion on which a large number of people are deliberately and violently killed. Carnage is the result of a large number of people being killed in war or accidents, either on a particular occasion or over a period of time. It is often used to describe what the result of such violent killing looks like: common phrases include scenes of carnage and to watch/see/survey/describe the carnage. * massacre指很多人遭到蓄意的暴力杀戮的场合。carnage指战争或事故导致的大批死亡,或发生在某个特定时刻,或持续一段时期,常用以描述此类暴力杀戮后的景象。常见的短语包括scene of carnage和to watch/see/survey/describe the carnage。■genocide ˈdʒenəsaɪd [uncountable] (ratherformal) the murder of a whole race or group of people种族灭绝;大屠杀◆He condemned the government's programme of 'genocide and torture against our people'.他谴责政府“对我们的民族实施摧残和灭绝”的计划。■slaughter ˈslɔːtə(r) [uncountable] the act of cruelly killing large numbers of people at one time, especially in a war(尤指战争中的)屠杀,杀戮◆They told us of the wholesale slaughter of innocent people.他们对我们讲起了对无辜民众的大规模杀戮。ⓘ Slaughter is used most often in the phrase the slaughter of.... It describes an act, rather than an event or situation. * slaughter最常用于短语the slaughter of ...,描述行为而非事件或状况。▸slaughter
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[transitive] ◆Men, women and children were slaughtered and villages destroyed.村庄被毁,男人、女人和儿童惨遭杀戮。■the Holocaust [singular] the killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s(20世纪30年代和40年代纳粹对数百万犹太人的)大屠杀◆He had produced a series of paintings based on the Holocaust.他创作了一系列以纳粹对犹太人的大屠杀为素材的画作。■exterminationɪkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEɪkˌstɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn [uncountable] (ratherformal) the killing of all the members of a group of people or animals灭绝;根除;毁灭◆Millions died in the extermination camps.数百万人死于灭绝营。◆the extermination of rats and other vermin消灭老鼠和其他有害动物ⓘ When it is used to talk about people extermination usually refers to the killing of Jews by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s, or to the destruction of the whole human race in a future disaster. * extermination指杀死人时,通常指20世纪30年代和40年代纳粹对犹太人实行的种族灭绝,或指全人类毁于某种未来的灾难◆The film foresees the extermination of the human race in a nuclear world war.这部影片预言人类将在世界核大战中灭绝。 see also exterminate ⇨ destroy