killings是什么意思？

killings

• n. 谋杀( killing的名词复数 )，突然发大财，暴发；

例句

• The time is past for guns and killings and massacres. 动不动就用枪、动不动就杀、大规模屠杀的时代已经过去了.
• The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet. 维尔纽斯的几起谋杀事件导致了迄今为止最严重的危机。
• Until these measures are taken, the perpetrators will remain free and the killings will undoubtedly continue. 除非采取上述措施, 犯罪者将会逍遥法外而杀人也将会继续下去.
• News stories of genocidal revenge killings are sending chills down our spines. 相互残杀报复的灭族事件此起彼落,教人闻之不禁胆颤齿寒.
• The President described the killings as an abominable crime. 总统称这些血案为令人发指的罪行。
• They say the government is not doing enough to investigate tens of thousands of killings and disappearances over the past few years. 他们说政府在调查过去的数年中发生的成千上万的谋杀和失踪事件上做得并不够。
• The killings in Vilnius have precipitated the worst crisis yet... 维尔纽斯的几起谋杀事件导致了迄今为止最严重的危机。
• Police have arrested a suspect in a series of killings and sexual assaults in the city. 警察已经逮捕了一名涉嫌在该市犯下一系列杀人及强奸案的嫌疑犯。
• The killings were said to have been in revenge for the murder of her lover. 据说，她杀人是为了替她被害的情人报仇。
• As the killings took place outside British jurisdiction, the Ministry of Defence could not be held liable. 谋杀案发生在英国司法管辖范围外，故国防部无须对其负责。

英语六级真题

In Pakistan, 1,000women die in honor killings every year.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  杀害;谋杀
  A killing is an act of deliberately killing a person.
  例句
  This is a brutal killing. 这是残忍的谋杀。
• PHRASE
  发大财；获取暴利
  If you make a killing, you make a large profit very quickly and easily.
  例句
  They have made a killing on the deal. 他们在这笔交易上赚了大钱。