The army has been held back because the government is reluctant to make martyrs of the protesters.
军队后撤了,因为政府不愿意造成抗议者牺牲。
2SUFFERsomeone who tries hard to get other people’s sympathy by complaining about how hard their life is – used to show disapproval 〔诉说自己生活如何艰苦以博取他人同情的〕诉苦者,乞怜者〔含贬义〕
I think she rather relishes the role of martyr.
我想她是喜欢装可怜。
3be a martyr to somethingBritish EnglishBrE spokenSUFFER to suffer a lot because of an illness, problem, or bad situation 受某事物的折磨
She’s a martyr to her arthritis.
她深受关节炎的折磨。
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be a martyr to something• If he was to be a martyr to this strange woman's caprices, then so be it.• He was a martyr tofatigue.• Without his attention, I am martyred to the wheel.• He would be a martyr to them.
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martyr• His martyrdomencouraged the people to resist.• Don't be a martyr - ask for help if you need it.• Becoming a martyr in most business environments is a good way to damage your careerprogress permanently.• His death in police hands made him a martyr among the people.• It sounds to me like she has a little bit of a martyrmentality.• After assisting in the burial of a martyr, this newly baptizedsoldier was taken before the emperor.• If there is no other career on offer, that of a martyr might have to do for the young men.• It seems my prisoners - the unfortunate woman's relatives - are in some quartersregarded as martyrs.• The early Christianmartyrs were killed by the thousands.• The problem is to address this kind of thing without vilifying one group and making martyrs of another.• Maddy and Patrick are no martyrs, however.• Four little girls involuntarily became civil rights martyrs.• We all like to play the martyrsometimes.
make martyrs of• The problem is to address this kind of thing without vilifying one group and making martyrs of another.• They made martyrs of themselves occasionally - a sorely missedcommodity.
RRDIEif someone is martyred, they are killed because of their religious beliefs 处死〔坚持宗教信仰者〕,使殉教
Becket was martyred in 1170.
1170年贝克特殉教。
be martyred for something
Catherine was martyred for her faith.
凯瑟琳为了信仰而殉难。
nGrammar
Martyr is usually passive.
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martyr• And then?... martyred.• Her eyes were half-closed, her expressionmartyred.• James was beheaded in Jerusalem, the first apostle to be martyred.• Undoubtedly, life would have been simpler had Emilio been safely martyred.• Blaise was martyred during Lininius' persecutions.• He was martyred in Alexandria by means of strangulation.• He was martyred when thrown from a temple, then stoned to death.• He was appointedbishop shortly before he was martyred while saying mass.