➡ See also the entry for murder另見murder條massacre ♦︎ bloodshed ♦︎ carnage ♦︎ genocide ♦︎ slaughter ♦︎ the Holocaust ♦︎ exterminationThese are all words for the killing of a large number of people.這些詞均表示大屠殺。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屠殺;殘殺◆The bloody massacre of innocent civilians took place in October of that year.對無辜平民的血腥屠殺發生在那年的10月。◆Nobody survived the massacre.這次大屠殺無人幸免。▸massacre
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[transitive] ◆Hundreds of innocent women and children were massacred.數百名無辜的婦女和兒童慘遭殺戮。■bloodshed ˈblʌdʃed [uncountable] (ratherformal) the killing or wounding of people, usually during fighting or a war(戰鬥或戰爭中的)人員傷亡,流血事件◆The two sides called a truce to avoid further bloodshed.雙方宣布休戰,以避免更多的傷亡。ⓘ Bloodshed is often used in the phrase to prevent/avoid (further) bloodshed. * bloodshed常用於短語to prevent/avoid (further) bloodshed。■carnage ˈkɑːnɪdʒ [uncountable] the violent killing of a large number of people大屠殺◆The scene of carnage was indescribable.大屠殺的場面無法形容。◆How can we reduce the carnage on our roads?我們怎樣才能減少重大交通事故?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殺戮的場合。carnage指戰爭或事故導致的大批死亡,或發生在某個特定時刻,或持續一段時期,常用以描述此類暴力殺戮後的景象。常見的短語包括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種族滅絕;大屠殺◆He condemned the government's programme of 'genocide and torture against our people'.他譴責政府“對我們的民族實施摧殘和滅絕”的計劃。■slaughter ˈslɔːtə(r) [uncountable] the act of cruelly killing large numbers of people at one time, especially in a war(尤指戰爭中的)屠殺,殺戮◆They told us of the wholesale slaughter of innocent people.他們對我們講起了對無辜民衆的大規模殺戮。ⓘ Slaughter is used most often in the phrase the slaughter of.... It describes an act, rather than an event or situation. * slaughter最常用於短語the slaughter of ...,描述行爲而非事件或狀況。▸slaughter
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[transitive] ◆Men, women and children were slaughtered and villages destroyed.村莊被毀,男人、女人和兒童慘遭殺戮。■the Holocaust [singular] the killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s(20世紀30年代和40年代納粹對數百萬猶太人的)大屠殺◆He had produced a series of paintings based on the Holocaust.他創作了一系列以納粹對猶太人的大屠殺爲素材的畫作。■exterminationɪkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEɪkˌstɜːrmɪˈneɪʃn [uncountable] (ratherformal) the killing of all the members of a group of people or animals滅絕;根除;毀滅◆Millions died in the extermination camps.數百萬人死於滅絕營。◆the extermination of rats and other vermin消滅老鼠和其他有害動物ⓘ 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指殺死人時,通常指20世紀30年代和40年代納粹對猶太人實行的種族滅絕,或指全人類毀於某種未來的災難◆The film foresees the extermination of the human race in a nuclear world war.這部影片預言人類將在世界核大戰中滅絕。 see also exterminate ⇨ destroy