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

• That the world went through two world wars in a short span of30 years in the first half of the20th century left mankind with unprecedented carnage and painful lessons.
  在20世纪上半叶，不到30年就爆发了两次世界大战，给人类带来空前的浩劫和惨痛的教训。
• Another reason opponents of the war have not mobilised publicly may be that the scale and visibility of the American carnage in Iraq are nothing like what they were in Vietnam.
  反战者没有公开动员的另一个原因，也许是美国在伊拉克屠杀的规模和可见度远没有在越南那么严重。
• We in Kurdistan and Iraq are paying that price today; and, if it is not stopped, the carnage will spread.
  在库尔德斯坦和伊拉克，我们今天正为此付出代价；如果不加阻止的话，屠杀范围将扩大。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• If we search for something positive in the carnage created by this financial crisis, it may be that it will provide the impetus for doing what many, including myself, have repeatedly called for: real reform of our regulatory architecture.
  如果说我们能从这场金融危机造成的浩劫中找出什么积极因素的话，大概就是它为实现许多人（包括我本人）一再呼吁的事情提供了动力：对我们的监管架构进行彻底的改革。
• In the span of30 years, such carnage would twice engulf this continent.
  30年的战火中，战场上的尸骨是这片大陆人口的两倍！
• 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。
• I am not sure whether anyone in Israel actually believes that the scenes of carnage in Gaza will induce such a response; no one else does.
  我不能确信，以色列是否有人真的相信加沙的屠杀场景会引起这样的反应；没有人能相信。