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slaughter
[英] [ˈslɔ:tə] [美] [ˈslɔtɚ] 生词本

n.

vt.

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1. VERB 杀戮;屠杀;残杀;滥杀 If large numbers of people or animals are slaughtered, they are killed in a way that is cruel or unnecessary. 

  • Thirty four people were slaughtered while queuing up to cast their votes...

    有 34 人在排队投票时遭到残杀。

  • Whales and dolphins are still being slaughtered for commercial gain.

    仍然有人为了商业利益大肆捕杀鲸鱼和海豚。

  • Slaughter is also a noun.

    • ...a war where the slaughter of civilians was commonplace...

      在战争中杀戮平民的事情再平常不过

    • The annual slaughter of wildlife in Italy is horrific.

      在意大利，每年大量捕杀野生动物的现象令人震惊。

2. VERB 屠宰，宰杀(动物) To slaughter animals such as cows and sheep means to kill them for their meat.  →see usage note at: kill

  • Lack of chicken feed means that chicken farms are having to slaughter their stock.

    鸡饲料的缺乏意味着养鸡场将不得不杀掉饲养的鸡。

  • Slaughter is also a noun.

    • More than 491,000 sheep were exported to the Continent for slaughter last year.

      去年有 491,000 多只羊被出口到欧洲大陆供宰杀。

3.   like lambs to the slaughter→see: lamb; 
Noun

1. the killing of animals (as for food)

2. a sound defeat

3. the savage and excessive killing of many people

Verb

1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption;

  • "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

2. kill a large number of people indiscriminately;

  • "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

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1. I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.
我不忍看他们宰牛。

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2. I'm really terrified to witness the slaughter.
我亲眼目睹这场屠杀，真吓得毛发倒竖。

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3. Parliament has passed an act forbidding the slaughter of animals for pleasure.
议会通过了一项禁止杀生取乐的法令。

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4. That wasn't war, it was simply slaughter.
这哪是械斗，简直是一场诛戮。

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5. The battle resulted in a frightful slaughter.
战斗以可怕的大屠杀告终。

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6. We're fattening the livestock up for slaughter.
我们正在催肥牲畜待宰杀。

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7. Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.
大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

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