carnage

英 [ˈkɑːnɪdʒ]

美 [ˈkɑːrnɪdʒ]

n.  大屠杀

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Collins.1 / BNC.15158 / COCA.11499

牛津词典

noun

• 大屠杀
  the violent killing of a large number of people
  1. a scene of carnage
     大屠杀的场面

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (尤指战争中的)屠杀,残杀
  Carnageis the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in a war.
  1. ...his strategy for stopping the carnage in Kosovo.
     他提出的制止科索沃大屠杀的策略
  2. ...the carnage of motorway accidents.
     高速公路车祸导致的大量人员死亡

英英释义

noun

• the savage and excessive killing of many people
  Synonym:slaughtermassacremass murderbutchery

双语例句

• ( The death toll in Iraq would be much higher but for breakthroughs in field medicine.) What is more, Americans are not really seeing the carnage.
  （如果不是战地医疗取得了突破，在伊死亡人数会高得多。）更重要的是，美国人并没有真正看到屠杀场面。
• Characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides.
  以双方的流血和残杀为特点。
• No-fly zones have in the past caused the carnage to escalate, as one or more sides attempted to consolidate their gains.
  由于冲突的一方或多方会趁机试图巩固胜利果实，设立禁飞区的做法在以往曾导致屠杀升级。
• And I felt they looked silly too, but they would look a whole lot sillier a few days later when financial carnage was spread from this act.
  而我觉得他们原来看起来就挺愚蠢的，而过上几天，当此举导致的金融灾难蔓延开来，他们看起来会愚蠢透顶。
• Indeed, most wealth managers say high leverage severely dented Asians 'wealth during the 2007-2009 market carnage.
  事实上，大多数财富经理表示，在2007至2009市场大浩劫期间，高杠杆率严重削弱了亚洲的财富。
• Imagine the carnage if they ever escaped their cages.
  想象一下它们一旦逃出铁笼后会出现的残杀景象！
• If we search for something positive in the carnage created by this financial crisis, it may be that it will provide the impetus for doing what many, including myself, have repeatedly called for: real reform of our regulatory architecture.
  如果说我们能从这场金融危机造成的浩劫中找出什么积极因素的话，大概就是它为实现许多人（包括我本人）一再呼吁的事情提供了动力：对我们的监管架构进行彻底的改革。
• What is more, Americans are not really seeing the carnage.
  更重要的是，美国人并没有真正看到屠杀场面。
• That the world went through two world wars in a short span of30 years in the first half of the20th century left mankind with unprecedented carnage and painful lessons.
  在20世纪上半叶，不到30年就爆发了两次世界大战，给人类带来空前的浩劫和惨痛的教训。
• The country's breakup would undoubtedly lead to chaos and carnage.
  国家分裂无疑将导致混乱和屠杀。