2get away with murderinformalPUNISH to do anything you want, even things that are wrong, without being punished 犯了大错而不受惩罚,为所欲为
She lets those kids get away with murder.
她听任那些孩子为所欲为。
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get away with murder• But the RoyalInstitution of CharteredSurveyors is angry that some other local authorities are lettingagentsget away with murder.• He can get away with anything, he could get away with murder and my mom would still love him.• Sorcerer thought he could get away with murder.• Where are these men when, as you say, there are men literally getting away with murder?• In those days people throughout the organization often got away with murder.• They get away with murder because of their buying power.• I think the women of your time have been allowed to get away with murder.• When we played them last week, the officials let Erik Williams get away with murder.
3be murderspokenDIFFICULT to be very difficult or unpleasant 很难办;令人很不快
It’s murder doing the shopping on Saturdays.
星期六购物真要命。
The traffic was murder this morning.
今天早上的交通状况太糟糕了。
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be murder• It's murder trying to park in this town!• The confessorwas murdered and Dymphna was beheaded for refiising to return home.• Victims' families wonder if that money might be better spent on children whose parentswere murdered.• There was murder in his heart.• Later I would run breathless from the bus stop, expecting to be murdered, beaten, raped.• It used to be murder talking about it.• Trafficwas murder this morning.• Traveling five days a week is murder. I can't do it anymore.• Until recently, lowermilitaryofficials had taken the blame for the estimated 3,000 people who were murdered or went missing.• As a result, Victor's friend and wifewere murdered by his creation.
4be murder on somethingspoken to harm or damage something else 伤害某物;毁坏某物
These new shoes are murder on my feet.
这双新鞋把我的脚害惨了。
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be murder on something• Chico Mendes was murdered on 22 December 1989.• Those corn-rows are murder on the vocalcords.• Among those in the group were the Avery family who were murdered on their farm in Ohio.
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.
adjectives
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 EnglishAmE (=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.
phrases
a motive for murder (=a reason to kill someone)
Police believe the motive for the murders was robbery.
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murder• He was suspected of as many as 44 murders.• He was charged with attemptedmurder and found guilty.• a series of brutalmurders• The incidence of violent crimes -- murder, rape, and assault -- has increased in inner city areas.• Why would a doublemurder in Cologne have been passed to counter-intelligence?• Curtis's husband has been charged with her murder.• a five-month murdertrial• There had been two more murders.• If convicted of murder and one additional charge, Davis could be sentenced to death.• Short of murder, whatever occurred between husband and wife was not considered by Locke to be of public concern.• New York paid tribute to the thousands of innocent people murdered on September 11th.• They joined Gundovald after Chilperic's murder in 584.• Ronny Jones was found guilty of the murder of a 15 year old girl.• The gun was found five miles from where the murder was committed.• In the first 10 months of the year, the murderrate fell by 17. 3 percent from last year.• The murdervictim has not yet been identified.
2informalDO BADLY to spoil a song, play etc by performing it very badly 糟蹋〔歌曲、剧本等,指表演拙劣〕
It’s a good song, but they murdered it.
那是一首很好的歌曲,但被他们唱砸了。
3somebody will murder youspokenTELL somebody OFF used to tell someone that another person will be very angry with them 某人会宰了你〔表示某人会很生气〕
Your dad’ll murder you when he hears about it.
要是你爸听说这事,他会宰了你。
4.I could murder a beer/pizza etcBritish EnglishBrE spokenHUNGRY/WANT TO EATTHIRSTY used to say that you are very hungry or thirsty and want a particular food or drink 我很想喝一杯啤酒/吃一张比萨饼等
5informalBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat someone completely 彻底击败〔某人〕
They murdered us in the final.
在决赛中他们把我们打得落花流水。
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murder• On his order, a million people were brutally murdered.• The next morning, another black who was allegedly part of the ambushparty was brought to the same spot and murdered.• Your husband, Lady Isabella, had secrets - that is why he was murdered.• The girl had been raped and murdered.• The confessor was murdered and Dymphna was beheaded for reftising to return home.• She was murdered before she could call for help.• Read in studio An inquest has opened on a young girl, who it's alleged was murdered by her father.• One of the country's top judges has been murdered by the Mafia.• The latent thought is the notion that Gloucester may be plotting to murder him - an idea too horrifying to contemplate.• Wilson is accused of murdering his daughter and her boyfriend.• The opening actmurdered "Love is All Around."• the murdered man
Originmurder1
Partly from Old Englishmorthor, partly from Old Frenchmurdre