murder

mur‧der 1 S3 W2 / mɜdə $ mɜrdər / 名词

1 [可数和不可数名词] the crime of deliberately killing someone → manslaughter :

On the night the murder was committed , he was out of the country.

The man accused of her murder will appear in court today.

murder of

the brutal murder of a child

He was found guilty of attempted murder .

She was charged with two counts of first degree murder .

The mother of the murder victim wept in court.

Police are searching for the murder weapon .

Detectives have launched a murder investigation .

2 get away with murder informal to do anything you want, even things that are wrong, without being punished :

She lets those kids get away with murder.

3 be murder spoken to be very difficult or unpleasant :

It’s murder doing the shopping on Saturdays.

The traffic was murder this morning.

4 be murder on something spoken to harm or damage something else :

These new shoes are murder on my feet.

→ scream blue murder at scream 1 ( 1 )

COLLOCATIONS

动词

commit (a) murder (= murder someone ) Whoever had committed these murders had planned them carefully.

be guilty of murder They had wished him dead, but that did not make them guilty of murder.

accuse somebody of murder (= say that you think someone murdered a person ) Dillon was accused of both murders.

deny murder (= say that you did not kill someone ) The four accused men all deny murder.

charge somebody with murder (= officially say that someone may be guilty of murder ) Is there enough evidence to charge him with murder?

investigate a murder The police are investigating the murder of a homeless man.

solve a murder (= find out who murdered someone ) The murder has never been solved.

形容词

a brutal/horrific murder (= violent and cruel ) He is wanted for the brutal murder of a young girl.

cold-blooded murder (= not caused by strong emotions ) He didn’t kill his wife in a moment of anger; it was cold-blooded murder.

premeditated murder (= planned before it happens ) He was charged with premeditated murder.

an unsolved murder (= for which the killer has never been found ) Police questioned the man about two unsolved murders.

attempted murder (= the crime of trying to kill someone ) I am arresting you for attempted murder.

first-degree murder ( also murder in the first degree ) American English (= the most serious type of murder under U.S. law ) If convicted of first-degree murder, he will spend the rest of his life in prison.

mass murder (= of a large number of people ) Hitler was responsible for the largest mass murder in history.

murder + NOUN

a murder victim (= someone who has been murdered ) The family of the murder victim pleaded for information to find the killer.

a murder weapon (= the gun, knife etc used to murder someone ) Have they found the murder weapon?

a murder scene (= where a murder happened ) His blood matched the blood found at the murder scene.

a murder investigation A murder investigation is underway after a woman’s body was found in a tunnel.

a murder charge (= an official statement saying someone may be guilty of murder ) He has escaped a murder charge, but his career is finished.

短语

a motive for murder (= a reason to kill someone ) Police believe the motive for the murders was robbery.

THESAURUS

violent crimes

assault 名词 [可数和不可数名词] the crime of physically attacking someone : He was arrested for an assault on a policeman.

mugging 名词 [可数和不可数名词] the crime of attacking and robbing someone in a public place : Muggings usually happen at night.

murder 名词 [可数和不可数名词] the crime of deliberately killing someone : He is accused of the murder of five women.

homicide 名词 [可数和不可数名词] especially American English law murder : Homicide rates are rising fastest amongst 15 to19-year-olds.

rape 名词 [可数和不可数名词] the crime of forcing someone to have sex : In most cases of rape, the victim knows her attacker.