单词 | bloodless |
释义 | bloodless (blʌdləs ) 1. adjective A bloodless coup or victory is one in which nobody is killed. Reports from the area indicate that it was a bloodless coup. The campaign would be short and relatively bloodless. Synonyms: non-violent, friendly, peaceful, harmonious bloodlessly adverb [ADVERB with verb] This war had to be fought fast and relatively bloodlessly. 2. adjective If you describe someone's face or skin as bloodless, you mean that it is very pale. ...her face grey and bloodless. Synonyms: pale, white, wan, sickly Collocations: bloodless coup The former army officer seized power in a bloodless coup in 1994 and once pledged to lead Gambia for a billion years. Times, Sunday Times (2017) What she had done was to lead a stealthy if not quite bloodless coup. Spitfire Women of World War II (2007) It might almost have been a bloodless coup. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The bloodless coup which drove him into exile in 2006 might have been the end of him as a politician. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Martial law was imposed when the government was ousted in a bloodless coup after months of political turmoil in the capital Bangkok. The Sun (2014) |
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