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词汇 slaughtering
释义 slaughtering
present participle ofslaughter
slaughter
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈslɔː.tər/ us /ˈslɑː.t̬ɚ/
to cruelly and unfairly kill a lot of people: 屠杀,杀戮
Thousands of people were slaughtered in the civil war.成千上万的人在内战中惨遭杀戮。
to kill an animal for meat: 屠宰,宰杀
The animals are slaughtered in spring.动物在春季被宰杀。
to defeat someone very easily: 轻松击败
England slaughtered Germany 5–1 at football.英格兰足球队以5比1的比分轻松击败了德国队。
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Examples of slaughtering


slaughtering

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The increased incentives to rear calves should reduce the rate of calf slaughterings and encourage the future expansion of beef production.
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I wish to project this further into the forecasts of slaughterings over the next few months because these figures show that this decline still continues.
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I have already quoted figures showing that slaughterings are increasing and that sales are going down.
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The level of calf slaughterings during 1974 was two or three times greater than in the previous year.
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What we need is better policing and better investigation at all times of the circumstances in which these movements and slaughterings take place.
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