electrocute

IPA/ɪˈlektrəkjuːt/
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electrocute — 動詞

  • electrocutepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • electrocuteshe / she / it
  • electrocutedpast simple
  • electrocuting-ing form

1. to make a person or animal die when an electric current goes through the body

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

電死

使人或動物因通電而死亡

to make a person or animal die when an electric current goes through the body

例句

Eve was electrocuted when the wet wire touched her shoulder.

濕電線碰到 Eve 的肩膀時，她被電死了。

passive: be electrocuted in an accident

A broken lamp electrocuted the hotel worker during the night shift.

那盞壞掉的燈在夜班時把旅館員工電死了。

常見搭配
  • be electrocuted
  • electrocute yourself
  • electrocute a worker
  • electrocute livestock
同義詞
  • shock

    Usually means electricity hit someone, but not necessarily that they died.

  • fry

    Informal and vivid; often used in speech or headlines rather than neutral reporting.

文法句型

electrocute + object

be electrocuted

用法筆記

Usually used for fatal contact with wires, machines, or power lines. In everyday reporting, this sense often appears in the passive: be electrocuted.

常見錯誤

He was electrocuted, but he recovered in hospital.
He got an electric shock, but he recovered in hospital.
if someone is electrocuted, they die; use electric shock for a non-fatal injury.

2. to kill a convicted person as a legal punishment by using electricity

2.動詞及物C1
釋義

處電刑

以通電方式處決定罪的人

to kill a convicted person as a legal punishment by using electricity

例句

The state electrocuted the prisoner after the final appeal was denied.

州政府在最後一次上訴被駁回後，對那名囚犯處以電刑。

legal subject + electrocute + prisoner

At that time, the law allowed the state to electrocute convicted murderers.

當時法律允許州政府對已定罪的殺人犯處以電刑。

常見搭配
  • electrocute a prisoner
  • be electrocuted in prison
  • electrocute convicted criminals
同義詞
  • execute

    General legal term for putting someone to death; it does not name the method.

  • put to death

    Formal phrase for carrying out a death sentence by any method.

文法句型

electrocute + convicted person

be electrocuted

用法筆記

Usually used in legal or historical discussion of capital punishment. Distinguish it from sense 1, which is about accidental death from electricity.

常見錯誤

The judge electrocuted the prisoner yesterday.
The state electrocuted the prisoner yesterday.
this sense usually describes the execution itself, not the judge's personal action.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • be electrocuted