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thuggery是什么意思

thuggery

['θʌɡəri]

n. 谋财害命；暗杀

中文词源

thuggery 暴行

thug,罪犯，-ery,表行为。

英文词源

thuggery (n.): 1839, from thug + -ery. Also thugee, from the native Hindi name for the system of religious assassination practiced by the thugs.

双语例句

1. There has also been a worrying tolerance for thuggery by Islamist vigilantes.: 对于伊斯兰主义治安维持会分子的容忍也达到了令人担忧的地步.

2. Economic meltdown bred state thuggery and crime.: 经济上的彻底垮台也滋生了国家的政治谋杀以及犯罪.

3. Elections have become long spells of organised thuggery.: 各类选举已经成为组织性暗杀活动的特定行动期.

4. This is one reason the corporate thuggery that is destroying the rainforests is so criminal.: 所以商业公司破坏雨林的屠杀是如此的罪恶.

5. Several of the victims'parents as well as foreign journalists have suffered similar thuggery.: 许多遇难者的家属还有外国记者有类似的遭遇.