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单词 mutilate
释义
mutilate
(mjtɪleɪt )
Word forms: mutilates , mutilating , mutilated
1. verb
If a person or animal is mutilated, their body is severely damaged, usually by someone who physically attacks them.
More than 30 horses have been mutilated in the last nine months. [be VERB-ed]
He tortured and mutilated six young men. [VERB noun]
The mutilated bodies of seven men have been found beside a railway line. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: maim, damage, injure, disable  
mutilation (mjtɪlʃən )Word forms: mutilations variable noun
Amnesty International chronicles cases of torture and mutilation.
She had suffered severe facial mutilations after an accident.
Synonyms: maiming, injuring, dismembering, disfiguring  
2. verb
If something is mutilated, it is deliberately damaged or spoiled.
Brecht's verdict was that his screenplay had been mutilated. [be VERB-ed]
By chance the book survives in an early, fragile, mutilated copy dating from around 1100. [VERB-ed]
[Also VERB noun]
Synonyms: distort, cut, damage, mar  
Translations:
Chinese: 使伤残
Japanese: 手足などを切断する
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