地道搭配用法 避免中式英语 murder

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murder

I. noun

• ADJECTIVE barbaric, brutal, grisly, gruesome, horrific, savage, terrible, vicious, violent | cold-blooded, deliberate, premeditated, wilful/willful (law, esp. ) a verdict of wilful ~ | senseless | shocking, tragic | perfect He committed the perfect ~ and left no forensic evidence. | indiscriminate, random | systematic | wholesale the wholesale ~ of innocent citizens | first-degree, second-degree | aggravated | attempted | alleged, suspected | double, mass, multiple, serial, triple | ritual | terrorist | gangland (BrE) | racial, racist, sectarian | politically motivated, racially motivated, sexually motivated | judicial, state-sanctioned, state-sponsored | high-profile, notorious | mysterious | unsolved | capital, felony, statutory (all AmE, law)

• VERB + MURDER carry out, commit, perpetrate (formal) ~s committed by terrorists | investigate, probe (esp. BrE) | solve | link Detectives are linking the two ~s. | imprison sb for, jail sb for | avenge He vowed to avenge his brother's ~. | witness | implicate sb in new evidence that implicated her in the ~ | mastermind, orchestrate, plan, plot | advocate | order He ordered the ~ of his political opponents. | admit, deny | get away with (figurative) They let their children get away with ~! | incite | condemn | condone, justify Nothing justifies ~.

• MURDER + VERB happen, occur, take place | shock sb It was a ~ which shocked the nation.

• MURDER + NOUN victim | suspect | detective, squad | case, hunt (informal), inquiry (esp. BrE), investigation, probe | charge | trial | conviction | attempt | plot | scene, site | weapon | campaign (esp. BrE), spree | count, rate, toll a city that has the highest ~ rate in the US | capital The city used to be the ~ capital of the world. | mystery, story Her latest novel is a gripping ~ mystery.

II. verb

• ADVERB brutally, cruelly, in cold blood, savagely, violently The boy was brutally ~ed. | They were ~ed in cold blood. | systematically | deliberately | allegedly

• VERB + MURDER attempt to, try to | plan to, plot to

• PHRASES admit ~ing sb, deny ~ing sb | be accused of ~ing sb, be charged with ~ing sb She was arrested and charged with ~ing the two children. | be convicted of ~ing sb, be found guilty of ~ing sb | be found ~ed He was found ~ed in the cemetery.

Murder is used with these nouns as the subject: fanatic, killer, mob

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murder

noun


[搭配]ADJ.

brutal, horrific, terrible, vicious
残忍的谋杀； 令人发指的凶杀； 凶残的谋杀

cold-blooded, premeditated
血案；故意杀人；

wilful
（law） 蓄意谋杀:


a verdict of wilful murder

故意杀人的裁决

attempted
杀人未遂

double, mass, multiple
双重谋杀；大屠杀；多重谋杀

terrorist
恐怖分子实施的谋杀

racial, sectarian
种族谋杀；宗派谋杀

unsolved
未破获的谋杀案


[搭配]VERB + MURDER

commit
犯谋杀罪:


murders committed by terrorists

恐怖分子犯下的谋杀罪行

jail sb for
因谋杀罪监禁某人

avenge
报谋杀之仇:


He vowed to avenge his brother’s murder.

他发誓要报杀兄之仇。

witness
目击凶杀案

implicate sb in
使某人与凶杀案有牵连:


new evidence that implicated her in the murder

表明她与凶杀案有牵连的新证据

get away with
（figurative） 为所欲为:


They let their children get away with murder!

他们听任自己的孩子为所欲为！


[搭配]MURDER + VERB

take place
凶杀案发生


[搭配]MURDER + NOUN

victim
谋杀案的受害者

suspect
谋杀案嫌犯

hunt
（informal） 谋杀嫌犯的追寻；

inquiry, investigation
谋杀案的调查

bid, plot
谋杀企图；谋杀阴谋

conviction
谋杀定罪

scene
谋杀现场

mystery, story
凶杀奇案作品；侦破小说:


Her latest novel is a gripping murder mystery.

她的最新小说写一个扣人心弦的凶杀疑案。

→Note at CRIME;

murder

verb


[搭配]ADV.

barbarously, brutally, foully, in cold blood
野蛮地杀害；残酷地杀害；恶毒地谋杀；残忍地杀害:


The boy was brutally murdered.

那个男孩遭残忍地杀害了。


They were murdered in cold blood.

他们遭残忍地杀害了。

ritually
为祭神而杀害

allegedly
被指称谋杀


[搭配]VERB + MURDER

attempt to, try to
企图谋杀；试图杀害

plan to, plot to
计划谋杀；密谋杀害


[搭配]PHRASES

admit/deny murdering sb
承认/ 否认谋杀某人；

be accused of murdering sb, be charged with murdering sb
被指控谋杀某人:


She was arrested and charged with murdering the two children.

她被逮捕并被指控杀害了两个孩子。

be convicted/found guilty of murdering sb
被判犯有谋杀罪；

be found murdered
被人发现遇害:


He was found murdered in the cemetery.

他被发现在墓地遇害。