carnage

英 [ˈkɑːnɪdʒ]

美 [ˈkɑːrnɪdʒ]

n.  大屠杀

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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

• 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。
• Imagine the carnage if they ever escaped their cages.
  想象一下它们一旦逃出铁笼后会出现的残杀景象！
• 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。
• 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。
• Though poaching is still a problem, strict laws have reduced this senseless carnage.
  虽然偷猎仍是个问题，但严格的法律已使滥杀减少。
• El Para managed to escape the carnage but fell into the hands of a Chadian rebel movement.
  首领萨尔瓦多第从战斗中逃脱，但是却落入了反叛运动组织中。
• ( The death toll in Iraq would be much higher but for breakthroughs in field medicine.) What is more, Americans are not really seeing the carnage.
  （如果不是战地医疗取得了突破，在伊死亡人数会高得多。）更重要的是，美国人并没有真正看到屠杀场面。
• I never saw such cauliflower carnage.
  我从没见过那样的花椰菜破坏情况。
• Characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides.
  以双方的流血和残杀为特点。
• 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。