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Ⅲ.同义词语辨析 1.murder,kill,massacre (1)murder是“谋杀，杀害”的意思。英语意思是to kill unlawfully,especially on purpose。 e.g.The bandits murdered the man for his money. 歹徒为了谋取他的钱而杀害了他。 Every two hours someone was murdered. 每两个小时就有一人被谋杀。 (2)kill用于因凶器或在非常事故中死亡的场合。英语的意思是cause to die。 e.g.His father was killed in a railway accident. 他父亲在一次火车事故中身亡。 Only a few people were killed in the earthquake. 地震中只有少数人死亡。 He killed him with a spear. 他用矛刺死了他。 kill还可作“使……难受之极，使……极其尴尬，使失去，消磨(时间)”解。 e.g.My back killed me. 我的背非常难受。 It killed him to admit he is wrong. 承认他错了使他感到极为尴尬。 The joy killed the audience. 这个玩笑让观众笑得要死。 The train was late,so we killed time by playing cards. 火车晚点了，我们就打牌消磨时间。 (3)massacre“大屠杀”，英语意思是to kill a number of people without mercy。 e.g.When the soldiers captured the town,they massacred all the inhabitants. 当敌兵占领这座城市后，他们屠杀了城里的所有居民。 另外，表示“为……而献出生命”的同义词组有： devote one’s life to… dedicate one’s life to… give one’s life for… lay down one’s life for… lose one’s life for… 另外还有一些词组可以用来表示“死”，但此用法较委婉： (sb.)pass away;one’s heart stop beating forever; (sb.)sleep peacefully;those who have fallen; (sth.)cost sb. his life;sb.is dead and gone; (sb.)be in heaven for some time (责任编辑：admin) |