the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
谋杀,凶杀,杀害
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the brutal murder of a German holidaymaker 对一名德国度假者的野蛮杀害
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he was put on trial for attempted murder .他因企图谋杀而受审判。
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〈非正式〉 非常困难(或使人不快)的事(或经历);让人受罪的事(或经历)
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the 40-mile-per-hour winds here are murder .这地方时速40英里的大风真叫人受不了。
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〈非 正式〉 令身体某一部位极不舒服的事物
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that exercise is murder on the lumbar regions .那种锻炼方法让我的腰部受够了罪。
kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation
谋杀
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somebody tried to murder Joe .有人试图谋杀乔。
〈非正式〉 严厉地惩罚;对…大发脾气,对…不客气
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my father will murder me if I'm home late .我回家晚的话爸爸会要我命的。
〈非正式〉 (比赛等)彻底击败(对手)。
spoil by lack of skill or knowledge
(因不熟练或不懂而)把…弄糟;破坏;糟蹋
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the only thing he had murdered was the English language .他惟一弄砸的就是英语。
〈非 正式,主英〉 贪婪地吃(或喝);津津有味地吃(或喝)
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I could murder some chips .我真想敞开肚子大嚼薯片。
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get away with (blue) murder informal succeed in doing whatever one chooses without being punished or suffering any disadvantage 〈非正式〉 逍遥法外;为所欲为 -
murder one (或two )N. Amer .informal first-degree (or second-degree) murder 〈北美,非正式〉 一级(或二级)谋杀 -
murder will out murder cannot remain undetected 杀人早晚要败露;天网恢恢,疏而不漏 -
scream (或yell )blue (或〈北美〉bloody) murder informal make an extravagant and noisy protest〈非正式〉 大喊大叫地表示不满(或抗议、反对)if it gets into the papers, she'll be down here screaming blue murder . 如果这事情上了报,她会到这里来吵翻天的
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