exhumation

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exhumation — 名詞

  • exhumationsingular
  • exhumationsplural

1. the process of digging a buried body out of its grave, often for an official che

1.名詞C1
釋義

起屍

把已下葬的遺體挖出

the process of digging a buried body out of its grave, often for an official check or investigation

例句

Police ordered the exhumation of the body after new DNA evidence appeared.

新 DNA 證據出現後，警方下令起屍。

exhumation of + body

Abigail reported on the exhumation of soldiers from the old battlefield.

Abigail 報導了那片舊戰場上陣亡士兵的起屍工作。

常見搭配
  • order an exhumation
  • approve an exhumation
  • request exhumation
  • the exhumation of remains
  • a court-ordered exhumation
  • carry out an exhumation
同義詞
  • disinterment

    A very formal legal or historical term for taking buried remains out of a grave

  • recovery

    Focuses more on bringing remains back than on opening the grave itself

  • excavation

    A broader digging word that is often used for sites or objects, not only bodies

反義詞
  • burial

    The act of placing a body into the ground

  • interment

    A formal word for burying someone

文法句型

exhumation of + noun phrase

order an exhumation

approve an exhumation

用法筆記

Common in legal, police, and historical reporting, especially when a death needs to be checked again. It often appears with of before the body or remains being dug up.

常見錯誤

The police exhumationed the body.
The police exhumed the body.
'Exhumation' is a noun, so use the verb 'exhume' for the action.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • exhumation order
  • exhumation request
  • exhumation permit
  • exhumation process

副詞搭配

  • court-ordered exhumation
  • official exhumation
  • careful exhumation
  • planned exhumation

常用片語

  • order an exhumation
  • approve an exhumation
  • carry out an exhumation
  • request exhumation
  • witness an exhumation

介系詞搭配

  • exhumation of
  • exhumation from