屠杀
43名学生失踪整整6周后,墨西哥“伊瓜拉事件”终于有了实质性进展。周六这宗令人发指的屠杀罪行被曝光,毒贩承认与警方勾结杀死了43名抗议大学生,他们的尸体遭焚烧并被抛入河中。请看本报昨日的报道:
Mexico was confronted Saturday with one of the grisliest massacres in years of drug violence after gang suspects confessed to slaughtering 43 missing students and dumping their charcoaled remains in a river.
报道中的massacre是“屠杀”
的意思,即“残忍地杀害一大群人”;在非正式场合这个词还可以表示“(运动或比赛中的)惨败”。Massacre可作名词或动词。例如:
He was the only survivor of the massacre.
他是大屠杀的唯一幸存者。
They set fire to the city and massacred all the inhabitants.
他们放火烧城,而且屠杀了所有居民。
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