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massacremas·sa·cre /ˈmæsəkər / noun [countable] the killing of a large number of people or animals大屠杀▸ mas·sa·cre verb [transitive] ➨ WHICH WORD?词语辨析Murder means to kill a person on purpose. * murder 指蓄意杀害、谋杀This was no accident. The old lady was murdered.这绝不是意外,老太太是被谋杀的。Assassinate means to kill for political reasons. * assassinate 指为政治原因刺杀、暗杀President Kennedy was assassinated.肯尼迪总统被刺杀。Slaughter and massacre mean to kill a large number of people. * slaughter 和 massacre 指大规模屠杀Hundreds of people were massacred when the army opened fire on the crowd.军队向人群开枪,数百人遭到屠杀。 |