ADJECTIVE | VERB + SLAUGHTER | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤indiscriminate, mass, wholesale濫殺;大屠殺◇the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians濫殺平民➤brutal, senseless, terrible殘酷的/無端的/駭人的屠殺▸➤ritual祭祀屠宰➤animal動物屠宰◇humane forms of animal slaughter對動物進行的人道屠宰➤halal, kosher合乎伊斯蘭教教規的/合乎猶太教教規的屠宰◇She supports a ban on kosher and halal slaughter, believing that such methods are cruel.她支持取締猶太教和伊斯蘭教屠宰方式,認為那些方法太殘忍。VERB + SLAUGHTER➤end, prevent, stop結束屠殺;阻止殺戮◇We were helpless to stop the slaughter.我們無力阻止那場大屠殺。➤ban禁止宰殺◇federal legislation to ban horse slaughter禁止宰殺馬匹的聯邦法律➤order下令屠宰◇Officials ordered the slaughter of hundreds of animals.官員們下令宰殺數百隻動物。PREPOSITION➤for slaughter供宰殺◇the transporting of live horses for slaughter運送供屠宰的活馬PHRASES➤the slaughter of innocents對無辜者的屠殺◇the horrors of civil war and the slaughter of innocents內戰的駭人聽聞及對無辜者的慘殺slaughter
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1kill an animal殺死動物ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤humanely人道毀滅◇The animals are all humanely slaughtered.這些動物都是人道屠宰的。➤ritually祭祀屠宰▸➤illegally非法屠宰◇elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers被偷獵者非法屠殺的大象PREPOSITION➤for為得到⋯而屠殺◇Thousands of birds were slaughtered for their feathers.人們為得到羽毛捕殺了數以千計的鳥。slaughter
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2kill a large number of people殺死大批人ADVERB➤brutally, cruelly野蠻地/殘酷地殺戮◇Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.數百名無辜平民遭殘殺。➤indiscriminately恣意殺戮➤systematically有計劃地屠殺◇Thousands of people were systematically slaughtered by their oppressors.數千人遭到壓迫者的蓄意殺戮。