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- the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another谋杀, 凶杀, 杀害：
the brutal murder of a German holidaymaker
对一名德国度假者的野蛮杀害
mass noun he was put on trial for attempted murder.他因企图谋杀而受审判。
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- mass noun informal a very difficult or unpleasant task or experience〈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）：
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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- mass noun informal something causing great discomfort to a part of the body〈非正式〉令身体某一部位极不舒服的事物：
that exercise is murder on the lumbar regions.
那种锻炼方法让我的腰部受够了罪。
with obj.
1- kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation谋杀：
somebody tried to murder Joe.
有人试图谋杀乔。
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- informal punish severely or be very angry with〈非正式〉严厉地惩罚; 对…大发脾气, 对…不客气：
my father will murder me if I'm home late.
我回家晚的话爸爸会要我命的。
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- informal conclusively defeat (an opponent) in a game or sport〈非正式〉（比赛等）彻底击败（对手）。
1.3
- spoil by lack of skill or knowledge（因不熟练或不懂而）把…弄糟; 破坏; 糟蹋：
the only thing he had murdered was the English language.
他惟一弄砸的就是英语。
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- informal, chiefly Brit. consume (food or drink) greedily or with relish〈非正式, 主英〉贪婪地吃（或喝）; 津津有味地吃（或喝）：
I could murder some chips.
我真想敞开肚子大嚼薯片。
短语
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。
派生词
murderer
nounmurderess
noun词源
Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará 'death' and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre.