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单词 in cold blood
释义

in cold blood

phrase
If something violent and cruel is done in cold blood, it is done deliberately and in an unemotional way.
[disapproval]
The crime had been committed in cold blood.
Synonyms: without emotion, cruelly, ruthlessly, mercilessly More Synonyms of in cold blood
See full dictionary entry for blood

in cold blood in British English

showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly
See full dictionary entry for blood

in cold blood in British English

showing no passion; deliberately; ruthlessly
See full dictionary entry for cold

in cold blood in American English

1. 
with cruelty; unfeelingly
2. 
dispassionately; deliberately
See full dictionary entry for blood

in cold blood

in a calm and deliberate way, rather than in anger or self-defence. People often use this expression to express shock or horror at a killing.
They murdered my brother. They shot him down in cold blood.
This is just another attempt to excuse the cold-blooded murder of an innocent woman.

Examples of 'in cold blood' in a sentence
in cold blood

This week, I watched one man kill another in cold blood.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990 (2001)
According to the statement that Luiso, Marin's useless bodyguard, gave to the local police, you shot Marin in cold blood.
Mark Burnell THE RHYTHM SECTION (2001)

Chinese translation of 'in cold blood'

in cold blood

  1. 残(殘)忍地 (cánrěn de)
See blood (sense 2)

in cold blood

  1. [kill etc] 残(殘)忍地 (cánrěn de)
See cold (sense 4)

Nearby words of
in cold blood

  • in circulation
  • in class
  • in code
  • in cold blood
  • in collaboration with
  • in colour
  • in common use
(idiom) 
The crime has been committed in cold blood.
Synonyms
without emotion
cruelly
Douglas was often treated cruelly by his fellow-pupils.
ruthlessly
mercilessly
callously
I cannot believe that someone who professed to love me could act so callously.
indifferently
unmercifully
See blood

Additional synonyms

in the sense of callously
I cannot believe that someone who professed to love me could act so callously.
Synonyms
heartlessly,
coldly,
harshly,
brutally,
insensitively,
obdurately,
unfeelingly,
soullessly,
hardheartedly,
indifferently
in the sense of cruelly
Douglas was often treated cruelly by his fellow-pupils.
Synonyms
brutally,
severely,
savagely,
viciously,
mercilessly,
in cold blood,
callously,
monstrously,
unmercifully,
sadistically,
pitilessly,
spitefully,
heartlessly,
barbarously,
brutishly

Nearby words of
in cold blood

  • in brief
  • in broad daylight
  • in chorus
  • in cold blood
  • in concert
  • in conclusion
  • in confidence

Synonyms of 'in cold blood'

in cold blood

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