1 N-VAR 谋杀;杀害;凶杀 Murder is the deliberate and illegal killing of a person. →see usage note at: kill 谋杀;杀害;凶杀
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The three accused, aged between 19 and 20, are charged with attempted murder.
3个年龄在19到20岁之间的被告被控谋杀未遂。
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She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped.
除非撤销对她的谋杀指控,否则她拒绝作证。
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...brutal murders.
残忍的谋杀案
2 VERB 谋杀;杀害 To murder someone means to commit the crime of killing them deliberately. 谋杀;杀害 [Also VERB]
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...a thriller about two men who murder a third to see if they can get away with it. [VERB noun]
关于两个男人为了看看是否能成功逃脱惩罚而去谋杀另一名男子的惊悚片
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...the body of a murdered religious and political leader. [VERB-ed]
被谋杀的宗教和政治领袖的尸体
SYN kill, massacre, slaughter, assassinate
3 PHRASE (做坏事而)安然无恙,逍遥法外,为所欲为 If you say that someone gets away with murder, you are complaining that they can do whatever they like without anyone trying to control them or punish them. (做坏事而)安然无恙,逍遥法外,为所欲为 [informal, disapproval]
4 PHRASE [VERB inflects] (对不喜欢的东西)大惊小怪地拼命叫嚷 If you say that someone screams blue murder or screams bloody murder, you are emphasizing that they are making a lot of noise or fuss about something that they do not like. (对不喜欢的东西)大惊小怪地拼命叫嚷 [informal, emphasis]
Quotations
Thou shalt not kill Bible: Exodus
Murder will out Geoffrey Chaucer The Nun's Priest's Tale
murder most foul William Shakespeare Hamlet
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