Seventy people were killed.是什么意思？

Seventy people were killed.

70 人丧生。

seventy

n. 七十，从七十到七十九的数目、年数或温度；

例句
The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour.
该国遭受到时速高达50至70英里的大风袭击，破坏严重。

people

n. 人，人类，居民，人民，种族；vt. 居住于，布满，使住满人，在…殖民，把动物放养在；

例句
Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
多数人不难理解为什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

killed

adj. 被杀死的，断开的；v. 杀死( kill的过去式和过去分词 )，使停止[结束，失败]，破坏，减弱，抵消，使痛苦，使受折磨；

例句
Six passengers were killed in the accident.
六名乘客在车祸中丧生。