英语词汇“kill”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

killkill /kɪl/ verb 1 to make someone die► kill

to make a person die. A person or a thing can kill someone:

In World War I, soldiers could often see the enemy they were ordered to kill.

She was killed by a falling tree during a storm.

► murder

to kill someone deliberately:

He murdered his wife because he wanted to marry someone else.

► execute

to kill someone as an official punishment:

Should all murderers be executed, or should they spend the rest of their lives in prison?

► assassinate

to kill an important person:

President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

► take someone's life

to kill someone. You use take someone's life when you want to emphasize that life is important, or when the word kill sounds too direct:

I couldn't take the life of another human being.

➔ You can also say that someone takes his/her own life: We were worried she might try to take her own life.

► commit murder

to murder someone:

The police have not yet found out who committed the murder.

► commit suicide

to kill yourself:

He thought about committing suicide when he lost all his money in the stock market crash.

► put someone to death

to kill someone as an official punishment, or when you have power over him or her:

The king had his wife put to death when he found out that she had betrayed him.

➔ see choke, die, murder, shoot2 to make an animal die► kill

to make an animal die:

I can understand killing a deer for food, but I don't like hunting just as a sport.

► slaughter

to kill a farm animal for food:

The pigs are slaughtered when they are six months old.

► put to sleep

to kill a pet in a kind way by giving it a drug, for example because it is very sick:

I was very upset when our old dog had to be put to sleep.

3 to kill a lot of people or animals► massacre

to kill a lot of people, especially people who cannot defend themselves:

The rebel soldiers have massacred hundreds of innocent people.

► slaughter

to kill a lot of people in a violent way, without caring at all:

Hundreds of people were slaughtered during the country's civil war.

► exterminate

to kill all of a particular group of living things:

Wolves had been exterminated almost everywhere in the United States, but now the wolf population is growing again.

单词	kill
例句	killkill /kɪl/ verb 1 to make someone die► kill to make a person die. A person or a thing can kill someone: In World War I, soldiers could often see the enemy they were ordered to kill. She was killed by a falling tree during a storm. ► murder to kill someone deliberately: He murdered his wife because he wanted to marry someone else. ► execute to kill someone as an official punishment: Should all murderers be executed, or should they spend the rest of their lives in prison? ► assassinate to kill an important person: President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. ► take someone's life to kill someone. You use take someone's life when you want to emphasize that life is important, or when the word kill sounds too direct: I couldn't take the life of another human being. ➔ You can also say that someone takes his/her own life: We were worried she might try to take her own life. ► commit murder to murder someone: The police have not yet found out who committed the murder. ► commit suicide to kill yourself: He thought about committing suicide when he lost all his money in the stock market crash. ► put someone to death to kill someone as an official punishment, or when you have power over him or her: The king had his wife put to death when he found out that she had betrayed him. ➔ see choke, die, murder, shoot2 to make an animal die► kill to make an animal die: I can understand killing a deer for food, but I don't like hunting just as a sport. ► slaughter to kill a farm animal for food: The pigs are slaughtered when they are six months old. ► put to sleep to kill a pet in a kind way by giving it a drug, for example because it is very sick: I was very upset when our old dog had to be put to sleep. 3 to kill a lot of people or animals► massacre to kill a lot of people, especially people who cannot defend themselves: The rebel soldiers have massacred hundreds of innocent people. ► slaughter to kill a lot of people in a violent way, without caring at all: Hundreds of people were slaughtered during the country's civil war. ► exterminate to kill all of a particular group of living things: Wolves had been exterminated almost everywhere in the United States, but now the wolf population is growing again.
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