murder

• vt. 谋杀，凶杀
• n. 谋杀，凶杀
• vi. 杀人，犯杀人罪

来自古英语morthor,秘密杀害，非法谋杀，来自Proto-Germanic*murthra,杀害，来自PIE*mer, 将死，死去，词源同morbid,mortal.-ther,工具格后缀。

1. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

murder

murder: [OE] The ultimate source of murder is the Indo-European base *mor-, *mr- ‘die’ (source also of English mortal). Its extension *mrt- produced a prehistoric Germanic *mortam (source of German, Swedish, and Danish mord and Dutch moord ‘murder’) and *murthram, from which comes English murder.
=> mortal

murder (n.)

c. 1300, murdre, from Old English morðor (plural morþras) "secret killing of a person, unlawful killing," also "mortal sin, crime; punishment, torment, misery," from Proto-Germanic *murthra- (cognates: Goth maurþr, and, from a variant form of the same root, Old Saxon morth, Old Frisian morth, Old Norse morð, Middle Dutch moort, Dutch moord, German Mord "murder"), from PIE *mrtro-, from root *mer- "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). The spelling with -d- probably reflects influence of Anglo-French murdre, from Old French mordre, from Medieval Latin murdrum, from the Germanic root.

Viking custom, typical of Germanic, distinguished morð (Old Norse) "secret slaughter," from vig (Old Norse) "slaying." The former involved concealment, or slaying a man by night or when asleep, and was a heinous crime. The latter was not a disgrace, if the killer acknowledged his deed, but he was subject to vengeance or demand for compensation.

Mordre wol out that se we day by day. [Chaucer, "Nun's Priest's Tale," c. 1386]

Weakened sense of "very unpleasant situation" is from 1878.

murder (v.)

Old English myrðrian, from Proto-Germanic *murthjan (cognates: Old High German murdran, German mördren, Gothic maurþjan; see murder (n.)). Related: Murdered; murdering.

kill, murder, slaughter, massacre, assassinate, execute

这些动词均有"杀，杀死"之意。

kill： 普通用词，含义广泛，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。

murder： 指谋杀或凶杀。

slaughter： 本义指大批宰杀动物，也指像屠宰牲畜一样一次杀死许多人。

massacre语气比slaughter强。指大屠杀，尤指屠杀失去了自卫能力的人。

assassinate： 通常指因政治原因用非法手段杀害政治领袖人物或短名人士。

execute： 指依法处死罪犯。

Both he and a crew member are being investigated for unintentional murder and exposing people to danger, according to police.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

In the last five years there have been no murders.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder.

2015年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

Just look at this newspaper, nothing but robberies, suicide and murder.

出自-2012年6月听力原文

She expects that this will make women more careful when they walk around Green Ville alone at night Fortunately, there were usually no murders in Green Ville

出自-2011年6月听力原文

A lot of clever people are terrified about artificial intelligence, fearing that robots will one day become so smart that they'll murder all of us.

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

He can tremble wildly at an axe-murder, shake his head sympathetically and safely at a hurricane.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

He made a bad decision, they said—at least as it was presented by Shakespeare—to take the lead in murdering julius caesar.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The night she won olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

He was found guilty of murder.

经裁决，他犯有谋杀罪。

牛津词典

She has been charged with the attempted murder of her husband.

她被指控意图谋杀丈夫。

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to commit (a) murder

犯谋杀罪

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a murder case/investigation/trial

凶杀案件 / 调查；谋杀案的审判

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The rebels were responsible for the mass murder of 400 civilians.

叛乱者对屠杀400名平民负有责任。

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What was the murder weapon ?

用的是什么凶器？

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The play is a murder mystery .

这出戏说的是一桩神秘的凶杀案。

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It's murder trying to get to the airport at this time of day.

这个时候要赶到机场简直要命。

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It was murder (= very busy and unpleasant) in the office today.

今天办公室里忙乱得要命。

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He denies murdering his wife's lover.

他否认谋杀了妻子的情夫。

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The murdered woman was well known in the area.

被杀害的女人在这个地区很有名气。

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Critics accused him of murdering the English language (= writing or speaking it very badly) .

批评家指责他把英语给糟蹋了。

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I could murder a beer.

我很想来杯啤酒。

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The three accused, aged between 19 and 20, are charged with attempted murder...

3个年龄在19到20岁之间的被告被控谋杀未遂。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped.

除非撤销对她的谋杀指控，否则她拒绝作证。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a thriller about two men who murder a third to see if they can get away with it.

关于两个男人为了看看是否能成功逃脱惩罚而去谋杀另一名男子的惊悚片

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the body of a murdered religious and political leader.

被谋杀的宗教和政治领袖的尸体

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His charm and the fact that he is so likeable often allows him to get away with murder.

他很有魅力而且讨人喜欢，这常让他能够为所欲为。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

People are screaming blue murder about the amount of traffic going through their town.

人们对着那些穿越他们城市的川流不息的车辆大呼小叫。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

An alternative would be moving further towards spot pricing.

进一步推进现货定价可能是一个替代方案.

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