murder
单词辨析：
普通用词，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
His wife was killed in a car accident.
他的妻子在一次车祸中丧生。
The president was killed on his way to the office.
总统在上班路上被杀了。
主要指出于政治原因采用非法手段杀害重要人物或知名人士。
The police have uncovered a plot to assassinate the president.
警方已破获一起暗杀总统的阴谋。
Terrorists are plotting to assassinate the presidential candidate.
恐怖分子在密谋暗杀这位总统候选人。
指蓄意杀害某人。
The housekeeper was murdered last night.
昨天夜里管家被谋杀了。
He was convicted of murdering a policewoman.
他被判谋杀一名女警察的罪名成立。
指残酷地杀害某人，尤用于新闻报道中。
Three passengers were slain by the hijackers.
3名乘客被劫机者杀害。
Several visitors were brutally slain yesterday.
昨天有数名游客惨遭杀害。
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He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.
他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。
In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment
1977年，他被判谋杀罪名成立，判处终身监禁。
She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped.
除非撤销对她的谋杀指控，否则她拒绝作证。
The killings were said to have been in revenge for the murder of her lover.
据说，她杀人是为了替她被害的情人报仇。
The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected demands to bring back the death penalty for murder
下议院以绝对多数否决了对谋杀罪恢复死刑的要求。
He was convicted of murder.
他被判有谋杀罪。