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string up objstring obj up v adv [M]If you string up something that is long and thin, you fasten the ends of it to two points that are high up, allowing the rest of it to hang freely.挂起，吊起I think we should string up a banner in the garden to welcome him home.我想我们应该在花园里挂起一条横幅欢迎他回家。(infml) When a person strings someone up, they kill them by hanging them by the neck from a rope, usually as a punishment for a crime.绞死，吊死Well, I reckon they're too soft on mass murderers--they ought to string them up instead of putting them in prison.唉，我觉得他们对杀人狂太仁慈了----他们应该被绞死而不是关入监狱。(fig.) He ought to be strung up (= punished) for what he said about his mother.他这样说他的母亲真该遭天谴。 ☆ STRUNG UP
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