1 [C,U] the crime of killing a person illegally and on purpose 谋杀罪:
to commit murder犯谋杀罪a vicious murder残暴的谋杀案the murder victim/weapon谋杀案受害者/凶器☞Look at manslaughter. 参看manslaughter。
2 [U] (informal 非正式) a very difficult or unpleasant experience 十分艰难或不愉快的经历:
It's murder trying to work when it's as hot as this.在这么酷热的环境下工作,真是活受罪。
get away with murder to do whatever you want without being stopped or punished 为所欲为而不被制止或不受惩罚:
He lets his students get away with murder.他听凭自己的学生为所欲为。 ➔murderverb [I,T]
☞ Look at the note at kill. 参看kill的注释。 ➔murderernoun [C]
murder1/ˋmɝdɚ; ˈmɜːdə/n 1 [C,U] the crime of killing someone deliberately [→ manslaughter] 谋杀(罪): Police believe the murders were committed by the same person. 警方认为这几宗谋杀案都是同一个人所为。+of He was charged with the murder of his wife. 他因谋杀妻子被起诉。The murder weapon was believed to be an axe. 凶器被认为是一把斧头。the murder victim 凶案死者2 get away with murder informal to do anything you want, even bad things, without being punished【非正式】犯大错而不受惩罚﹔为所欲为: She lets the children get away with murder. 她听任孩子们为所欲为。3 sth is murder spoken used to say something is very difficult or unpleasant【口】某事物真要命: The traffic was murder this morning. 今天早上路上的交通真要命。
murder2v [T] to kill someone deliberately 谋杀﹐杀害: He denies murdering the teenager. 他否认杀害那名少年。see box at见 CRIMEand 和 KILL1 方框—murderer n [C]
murdermurdermurdersmurderedmurdering2verb (murders, murdering, murdered)to kill somebody deliberately: She was murdered with a knife.▶ murderermurderermurderersnoun: The police have caught the murderer.murdermurdermurdersmurderedmurdering1nounthe crime of killing somebody deliberately: He was sent to prison for the murder of a police officer.