fratricide
fratricide 英 [ˈfrætrɪsaɪd] 美 ['frætrɪsaɪd]
n. 杀害兄弟者；杀兄弟的行为
名词复数:fratricides
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- n. 杀害兄弟者；杀兄弟的行为
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1. The scouts moved out ahead, which I thought was stupid, since we already knew where they were, and this just risked fratricide, but that's what they wanted.
侦察车开到了前面，我认为这样做很愚蠢，因为我们已经知道敌人在那里，这样做要冒着被误击的风险，但这也是他们自找的。
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2. The accompanying fratricide—it involved the murder and uprooting of millions of Hindus and Muslims—condemned India and Pakistan to several destructive wars and a debilitating arms race.
随之而来的就是同胞相残，成千上万的印度教徒和穆斯林被谋杀、背井离乡。 印度教徒和穆斯林之间的残杀还引起了印度和巴基斯坦两国之间数次激烈的战争和让两国精疲力竭的军事竞赛。
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3. An American soldier killed five other troops inside a psychological counseling center in Baghdad on Monday, the bloodiest case of military fratricide since the start of the Iraq war six years ago.
周一在巴格达，一名驻伊美军士兵在一家心理咨询中心内枪杀了五名美军士兵，这是伊拉克战争爆发六年以来最为惨烈的战友残杀事件。
- fratricide (n.) mid-15c., "person who kills a brother;" 1560s, "act of killing a brother," from Latin fratricida "brother-slayer," from frater "brother" (from PIE root *bhrater- "brother") + cida "killer;" in the later use from cidum "a killing," both from caedere "to kill, to cut down" (from PIE root *kae-id- "to strike"). Among several Old English words for this were broðorbana "one who kills a brother;" broðorcwealm "act of killing a brother."
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