carnage

英 [ˈkɑːnɪdʒ]

美 [ˈkɑːrnɪdʒ]

n.  大屠杀

TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.15158 / COCA.11499

牛津词典

noun

• 大屠杀
  the violent killing of a large number of people
  1. a scene of carnage
     大屠杀的场面

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (尤指战争中的)屠杀,残杀
  Carnageis the violent killing of large numbers of people, especially in a war.
  1. ...his strategy for stopping the carnage in Kosovo.
     他提出的制止科索沃大屠杀的策略
  2. ...the carnage of motorway accidents.
     高速公路车祸导致的大量人员死亡

英英释义

noun

• the savage and excessive killing of many people
  Synonym:slaughtermassacremass murderbutchery

双语例句

• Botched economic policies caused most of the carnage.
  拙劣的经济政策导致了绝大部分人的死亡。
• He said that communal carnage was ripping the country apart
  他说种族间的相互残杀正在让这个国家走向分裂。
• No-fly zones have in the past caused the carnage to escalate, as one or more sides attempted to consolidate their gains.
  由于冲突的一方或多方会趁机试图巩固胜利果实，设立禁飞区的做法在以往曾导致屠杀升级。
• In former wars a man might, at least, have some feeling, some interest, that served to balance in his mind the impressions which a scene of carnage and of death must inflict.
  在从前的战争中，人至少可以有某种感情、某种兴趣爱好，它们在人的头脑里起到了对屠杀和死亡的场面所必然造成的各种印象进行平衡的作用。
• The country's breakup would undoubtedly lead to chaos and carnage.
  国家分裂无疑将导致混乱和屠杀。
• It's funny how some races see nearly everyone finishing, and others witness carnage.
  有趣的是一些比赛几乎所有的人都完赛了，而别的却是连环的退赛。
• We in Kurdistan and Iraq are paying that price today; and, if it is not stopped, the carnage will spread.
  在库尔德斯坦和伊拉克，我们今天正为此付出代价；如果不加阻止的话，屠杀范围将扩大。
• I never saw such cauliflower carnage.
  我从没见过那样的花椰菜破坏情况。
• Tarantino's movies, with their scenes of sex, bloodshed and carnage, would not be the first choice for the majority of cinema-goers, she said.
  塔伦蒂诺的电影充斥着床戏、流血和杀戮，对于大多数影迷来说不会是第一选择，她说。
• And I felt they looked silly too, but they would look a whole lot sillier a few days later when financial carnage was spread from this act.
  而我觉得他们原来看起来就挺愚蠢的，而过上几天，当此举导致的金融灾难蔓延开来，他们看起来会愚蠢透顶。