The playwright was slaughtered by the press.是什么意思？

The playwright was slaughtered by the press.

这位剧作家受到新闻界的无情批判.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

playwright

n. 剧作家；

例句
His career as a playwright had an auspicious start.
他的剧作家生涯有了一个好的开头。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

slaughtered

v. 屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
Thirty four people were slaughtered while queuing up to cast their votes...
有 34 人在排队投票时遭到残杀。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

press

vt. 压，按，逼迫，紧抱；vi. 压，逼迫，重压；n. 报刊，记者，报道，印刷机，挤压，按；

例句
The press feels the need to associate itself with the green movement.
媒体感到有必要支持绿色运动。