butcher
n
1 person whose job is killing animals for food or cutting up and selling meat 屠夫; 肉商
buy meat at the butcher's (shop) 在肉鋪買肉.
2 (derog 貶) person who kills people unnecessarily and brutally 妄殺無辜者; 劊子手
a mindless butcher of innocent people 濫殺無辜毫無人性的劊子手. butcher, v [Tn]
1 kill and prepare (animals) for meat 屠宰.
2 (derog 貶) kill (people or animals) unnecessarily and brutally 屠殺, 濫殺, 殘殺(人或動物)
Women and children were butchered by the rebels. 婦女和兒童遭到叛亂者的屠殺.
3 (fig 比喻) make a mess of (sth); ruin 將(某事物)弄得一團糟; 毀壞
None of the cast can act at all they're butchering the play. 這班演員中沒有一個人會演戲--他們把這個戲演得一團糟.
I'll call you on Friday to see if we can reschedule our luncheon meeting at your convenience.
我星期五會給你打電話,在你方便的時間重新安裝我們的午餐約會。
No man knows when he shall die, although he knows he must die.
縱然知其難免一死,人卻難料何時身亡。
The Swedes were the first to recognize that public official like civil servants, police officers, health inspectors or tax-collectors can make mistakes or act over-zealously in the belief that they are serving the public.