mayhem
mayhem 英 [ˈmeɪhem] 美 [ˈmeˌhɛm]
n. 故意的伤害罪；重伤罪；蓄意的破坏
名词复数:mayhems
- Mayhem is a violent and rowdy disturbance, like what you might experience at an overcrowded rock concert or a day-after-Thanksgiving sale.
- 请先登录
- n. 故意的伤害罪；重伤罪；蓄意的破坏
-
1. I ask, is tonight part of his homework for Project mayhem?
我问，今夜是他大混乱行动上留的家庭作业么？
-
2. In Mexico, which marks its bicentennial next week, drug gangs have met a government crackdown with mayhem on a scale not seen since the country's revolution of a century ago.
墨西哥下周就要庆祝两百周年了，而那里的贩毒团伙正遇上政府以一世纪前国家革命以来未曾有过的规模镇压暴力行为。
-
3. Right now, I can imagine him calling some Project mayhem headquarters and reporting my whereabouts.
现在，我可以想象他向大混乱计划指挥部汇报我的行踪。
- mayhem (n.) late 15c., from Anglo-French maihem (13c.), from Old French mahaigne "injury, wrong, a hurt, harm, damage;" related to mahaignier "to injure, wound, mutilate, cripple" (see maim). Originally, in law, the crime of maiming a person "to make him less able to defend himself or annoy his adversary" [OED].
- 请先登录
0 个回复