massacres

英 [ˈmæsəkəz]

美 [ˈmæsəkərz]

n.  屠杀; 残杀; (运动或比赛中的)惨败
v.  屠杀; 杀戮; (在运动或比赛中)使惨败
massacre的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 大屠杀;大残杀
  Amassacreis the killing of a large number of people at the same time in a violent and cruel way.
  1. Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.
     在大屠杀中玛丽亚失去了62岁的母亲。
  2. ...reports of massacre, torture and starvation.
     关于屠杀、拷打与挨饿的报道
• VERB 大规模屠杀;大规模残杀
  If peopleare massacred, a large number of them are attacked and killed in a violent and cruel way.
  1. 300 civilians are believed to have been massacred by the rebels...
     据信有300位平民被叛乱分子残杀。
  2. Troops indiscriminately massacred the defenceless population.
     军队肆无忌惮地屠杀手无寸铁的民众。

双语例句

• Why, we should ask, are the gunmen in school massacres almost always male?
  我们应当扪心自问，为什么在校园枪击案中，持枪歹徒几乎都是男性？
• The Boxers people are flaunting the "support the qing dynasty and exterminate the foreigners" banner, besieges the embassy church, massacres the priest foreigner, has caused the Eight Power Expeditionary Force aggressive war against China finally.
  义和拳民打着扶清灭洋旗号，围攻使馆教堂，残杀教士洋人，接着发生了八国联军侵华战争。
• The poshest hotels and some of the most prominent watering holes for tourists and the rich became charnel houses in massacres that threatened to undermine India's astonishing economic growth.
  当地最豪华的酒店和疗养胜地被屠杀的恐怖所笼罩，恐怖袭击进而破坏了印度经济高速发展的根基。
• The sites of prior school massacres are etched on our minds, a symbolic shorthand for the violence and malevolence that none of us can comprehend.
  先前的校园大&场景还历历在目，快速闪现的是这种我们不可理解的暴力与恶意的一幕幕镜头。
• Of Indian massacres ln the late19th century.
  19世纪末对印第安人的进攻。
• Another sad statistic to be added to a long list of similar massacres that Americans seem unable to halt.
  又一悲伤的数据被增加到一长串类似的屠杀案中，美国人似乎无法停止。
• Prosecutors said guards at the prison had lent inmates weapons and vehicles in order for one of the massacres to be carried out.
  检举官说在其中的一起屠杀事件中该监狱的狱警借给了囚犯武器和车辆。
• The old YangZhou had a traditional and magnificent history status, as well as had been eclipsed by many wars and massacres. All had the important influence to previous Dynasties writers.
  古城扬州辉煌的传统历史地位，以及历经诸多战乱与屠城而导致的衰落，对历代文人都有着重要的影响。
• Both projects were pursued ruthlessly and entailed civilian massacres, torture and slavery in factories, mines and military brothels.
  日本残忍地推行这两项计划，致使平民身陷屠杀、酷刑以及在厂矿和慰安所受到奴役的苦难之中。
• Kill few, but on no account repeal the death penalty or grant any general pardon. The United States characterizes the massacres as genocide; other countries and international organizations do not.
  杀人要少，但是决不废除死刑，决不大赦。美国把这些大屠少定义为种族屠杀。