詞彙精選：massacre的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
大屠殺
例句：
This massacre is one of the towering obscenities of other time.
這次大屠殺是當今最令人髮指的事件之一。
例句：
The massacre was a crime against humanity.
這場大屠殺是一樁反人類的罪行。
例句：
The press has reported the massacre of thousands of people for their religious beliefs.
新聞界報道了那場因宗教信仰而對千萬人的大屠殺。
慘敗 [C]
例句：
The game was a 10-0 massacre.
比賽結果是10比0慘敗。
例句：
It was a complete massacre; we lost11-0!
它實在是個完全的慘敗，我們以11比0輸了！
v.
屠殺；殘殺 [T]
例句：
Vichy government was the accessory of Nazi to massacre the Jews who lived in France.
維希政府是德國納粹殘害住在法國的猶太人的幫兇之一。
例句：
The irrelevant person takes the republic property to massacre mutually.
不相干的人拿着共和國財產互相殘殺。
徹底擊敗 [T]
例句：
He is collecting evidence to massacre his opponents.
他正在收集證據要徹底擊敗他的對手。
例句：
How did you manage to massacre your strong opponent?
你是如何設法徹底擊敗勁敵的？
二、詞義辨析：
kill,murder,slaughter,massacre,assassinate,execute
這些動詞均有“殺，殺死”之意。kill普通用詞，含義廣泛，泛指以任何方式使人、動物或植物死亡。murder指謀殺或兇殺。slaughter本義指大批宰殺動物，也指像屠宰牲畜一樣一次殺死許多人。massacre語氣比slaughter強。指大屠殺，尤指屠殺失去了自衛能力的人。assassinate通常指因政治原因用非法手段殺害政治領袖人物或短名人士。execute指依法處死罪犯。
三、參考例句：
The massacre was a crime against humanity.
大屠殺是反人類的罪行。
The horrendous massacre shook the entire world.
那場可怕的大屠殺震驚了全世界。
It was a complete massacre; we lost11-0!
它實在是個完全的慘敗，我們以11比0輸了！
All the Chinese people can't forget the Nanjing massacre.
所有中國人都不能忘了南京大屠殺。
The massacre laid bare the moral bankruptcy of the regime.
大屠殺使該政權的道德淪喪暴露無遺。
The press has reported the massacre of thousands of people.
新聞界報道了那場對千萬人的大屠殺。
He is collecting evidence to massacre his opponents.
他正在收集證據要徹底擊敗他的對手。
The game was a complete massacre; we lost 10-0.
那次比賽真是一次慘敗，我們0比10輸了。
How did you manage to massacre your strong opponent?
你是如何設法徹底擊敗勁敵的？
The irrelevant person takes the republic property to massacre mutually.
不相干的人拿着共和國財產互相殘殺。
