| 单词 | soul murder |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoul murder soul murder n. ΚΠ ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 203 Ofte þet þu wenest good is uuel & saule murðre. 1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Coloss. iv. 200 Ignorance, silence, sloth, pride, couetousnesse,..contempt of their brethren, and soule murther of many kinds. 1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 395 The enemies of the church were so fair..as not to lay claim to any liberty of conscience, which they called a toleration for soul-murder. 1860 Anti-slavery Reporter 1 June 128/1 Oh, what a gigantic system of inhumanity..and soul murder, is this system of Slavery in America! 1917 Math. Gaz. 9 31 The great English Universities, under whose direct authority school children are examined in plays of Shakespeare, to the certain destruction of their enjoyment, should be prosecuted for soul-murder. 2011 J. N. Poling Rethinking Faith ii. 40 Some have referred to child abuse as a form of ‘soul murder’ because of the depth of injury that occurs. < as lemmas |
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