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bump sb off phrase
⇨ kill kill verb ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ shoot 另见shoot条kill ♦︎ murder ♦︎ execute ♦︎ assassinate ♦︎ slay ♦︎ bump sb off ♦︎ take sb/sth out ♦︎ eliminate ♦︎ finish sb/sth offThese words all mean to make sb/sth die. 这些词均表示杀死。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to kill / murder / assassinate sb in cold blood◆to brutally kill / murder / slay sb■ kill [transitive, intransitive] to make sb/sth die 杀死；弄死；导致死亡◆Cancer kills thousands of people every year.每年都有成千上万的人死于癌症。◆Three people were killed in the crash.有三人在此次撞车事故中丧生。◆He tried to kill himself with sleeping pills.他试图服安眠药自杀。◆I bought a spray to kill the weeds.我买了一种喷雾剂来清除杂草。◆Excessive tiredness while driving can kill.过度疲劳时驾车会出人命的。 see also killing ⇨ murder noun ■ murder [transitive] to kill sb deliberately and illegally 谋杀；杀害◆He denies murdering his wife's lover.他否认谋杀了妻子的情夫。 see also murder ⇨ murder noun , murderous ⇨ violent ■ execute / /ˈeksɪkjuːt/ / [transitive, usually passive] to kill sb, especially as a legal punishment （尤指依法）处决，处死◆He was executed for treason.他因叛国罪被处死了。◆The prisoners were executed by firing squad.那些犯人被行刑队枪决了。 see also execution ⇨ execution ■ assassinate / /əˈsæsɪneɪt; NAmE əˈsæsəneɪt/ [transitive, often passive] to murder an important or famous person, especially for political reasons （尤指因政治原因）暗杀，行刺◆The prime minister was assassinated by extremists.首相遭极端分子暗杀。 see also assassination ⇨ murder noun ■ slay (slew, slain) [transitive] (especially NAmE, especially journalism 尤用于新闻) to murder sb 谋杀；杀害◆Two passengers were slain by the hijackers.两名乘客遭劫机者杀害。ⓘ In old-fashioned or literary English, both British and American, slay means 'to kill sb/sth in a war or fight'. 不管是英式英语还是美式英语，在旧式英语或文学语言中，slay均表示在战争或搏斗中杀死某人或动物◆St George slew the dragon.圣乔治杀死了那条龙。 see also slaying ⇨ murder noun ■ ˌbump sb ˈoff phrasal verb (informal, humorous) to murder sb 谋杀；杀害；干掉◆She'd had three husbands and bumped them all off for the insurance money.她曾有过三任丈夫，都因为保险金而被她杀害了。■ ˌtake sb/sth ˈout phrasal verb (took, taken) (informal) to kill sb or destroy sth, especially an enemy or sb/sth that causes problems for you 杀死，消灭（尤指敌人或造成麻烦者）◆They took out two enemy bombers.他们击毁了敌人的两架轰炸机。■ eliminate /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/ / [transitive] (rather formal, written) to kill sb, especially an enemy or opponent 消灭，杀死（尤指敌人或对手）◆Most of the regime's left-wing opponents were eliminated.这个政权的左翼反对派的大部分人已被除掉。 see also eliminate ⇨ remove 1 ■ ˌfinish sb/sth ˈoff phrasal verb (rather informal) to kill or destroy sb/sth, especially sb/sth that is already badly injured or damaged 杀死，彻底摧毁（尤指已严重受伤的人或损坏的物）◆The hunter moved in to finish the animal off.猎人逼近那只动物，把它给杀死了。 |