They murdered fifteen boys in a killing spree (=an occasion when someone murders many people in a short period of time) across southern California.
他们在加利福尼亚南部各地一时间杀害了15名男孩。
2make a killinginformalPROFIT to make a lot of money in a short time 发横财,获暴利
He made a killing on the stock exchange.
他在股市赚了大钱。
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make a killing• After making a killing on other Trumpcasinobonds, he sold them recently.• Buy speculativestuff and you can make a killing or get killed, depending which way the windblows.• They're a safeinvestment, but in love you can make a killingovernight.• But an on-the-ball whiskyshop could make a killing with its special EC-label maltScotch at £27.70 a bottle.• Boy, if you only knew what corporateinsiders knew, you could make a killing on a stock, right?• He had made a killing on the stock exchange that morning.• Alexander recalledmaking a killing in the stock market in the '80s.• Vito's a debonairmiddle-aged New Yorker, who's made a killing in advertising.• They should make a killing today.• Not strongly enough to kill me for that, but certainly strongly enough to make killing me satisfying in that respect also.
1killing sb deliberately謀殺ADJECTIVE | VERB + KILLING | KILLING + VERB | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤brutal, cold-blooded殘忍的/無情的謀殺◇the cold-blooded killing of a young woman殘忍殺害一名年輕女性➤deliberate, intentional, targeted蓄意謀殺;故意謀殺;有針對性的殺害▸➤indiscriminate, random, senseless, wanton濫殺;隨意的殺戮;無謂的殺戮;肆意殺害▸➤mass, serial, spree (NAmE) 大屠殺;連環謀殺;瘋狂殺戮◇This was the fourth mass killing in Australia in four years.這是 4 年裏在澳大利亞的第 4 次大屠殺。➤contract, gangland, honour/honor, political, revenge雇人謀殺;黑幫謀殺;名譽謀殺;政治謀殺;仇殺◇a brutal revenge killing殘忍的仇殺➤mercy安樂死◇Should the law allow mercy killing?法律應該容許安樂死嗎?➤extrajudicial, unlawful (especially BrE, bothlaw法律) 法外處決;非法殺害◇a verdict of unlawful killing對非法殺人行為的裁決VERB + KILLING➤be responsible for, carry out負責謀殺;執行謀殺▸➤order下令殺害◇The Mafia ordered the killing.黑手黨發出了殺人令。➤justify為殺人辯解◇How can they justify the killing of innocent people?他們怎麼能為殺害無辜開脫?➤prevent, stop防止/制止殺戮◇It is difficult to prevent such killings.這樣的殺人事件難以預防。➤condemn譴責殺戮◇a resolution condemning the killing of Palestinian civilians譴責殺害巴勒斯坦平民的決議➤confess to承認殺人KILLING + VERB➤happen, occur, take place兇殺案發生➤continue殺戮繼續◇the killings that continued unchecked for days持續數日的肆意殺戮PHRASES➤a motive for the killing殺人動機◇No motive for the killing has yet been established.殺人動機尚未確定。killing
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2making a lot of money quickly暴富VERB + KILLING➤make發大財◇Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投資者們準備通過拋售來大撈一筆。