plural murders
plural murders
Learner's definition of MURDER
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: the crime of deliberately killing a person谋杀;凶杀 [noncount]
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He was found guilty of (committing) murder.他被裁决(犯)有谋杀罪。
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She was accused/convicted of murder.她被指控/被判犯有谋杀罪。
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She was charged with murder. [=she was officially accused of the crime of murder]她被指控犯有谋杀罪。
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the mass murder of civilians in wartime战争时期对平民的大屠杀
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often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 2
[noncount] informal : something that is very difficult or unpleasant很困难的事;十分令人讨厌的事 ◊ To be murder on something is to cause pain or harm to it.弄疼;伤到
get away with murder
: to murder someone without being captured or punished杀人后逍遥法外 —
usually used figuratively to describe someone who does something very bad or wrong without being criticized or punished通常用作比喻,形容某人做了坏事或错事而未受批评或惩罚
scream bloody/blue murder
— see 1scream 2 murder /ˈmɚdɚ/ verb
murders; murdered; murdering
murders; murdered; murdering
Learner's definition of MURDER
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: to kill (a person) in a deliberate and unlawful way : to commit the murder of (someone)谋杀,杀害(某人) -
He was arrested and accused of murdering his wife.他被逮捕并被指控谋杀妻子。
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His wife was found murdered.他的妻子被发现遭人谋杀。
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a dictator who is responsible for murdering thousands of innocent people杀害了成千上万无辜民众的独裁者
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sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻 2 informal
a : to spoil or ruin (something)糟蹋;毁坏 : to perform (something) very badly表演糟糕 b : to defeat (an opponent) very badly打垮,彻底打败(对手) — murderer
/ˈmɚdɚrɚ/ noun, plural murderers [count] — murderess
/ˈmɚdərəs/ noun, plural murderesses old-fashioned [count]