lapidate
lapidate — 動詞
- lapidatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- lapidates3rd person singular
- lapidating-ing form
- lapidatedpast simple
1. to throw stones at a person, usually as a public punishment that often causes se
以石擊殺
向某人投擲石頭，通常作為刑罰
to throw stones at a person, usually as a public punishment that often causes serious injury or death.
In some ancient towns, a mob would lapidate a thief in the market square.
在某些古代城鎮，暴民會在市集廣場上以石擊殺小偷。
transitive: lapidate + [person]
Roya wrote a paper about why certain regimes still lapidate women for so-called moral crimes.
Roya 寫了一篇論文，探討為何某些政權仍以石刑處死被指控違反道德的女性。
The angry villagers threatened to lapidate the stranger who had insulted their priest.
憤怒的村民威脅要以石頭砸死那名侮辱他們神父的陌生人。
agent is typically a crowd or mob
Chidi argued in class that no modern court should ever lapidate a person, no matter the crime.
Chidi 在課堂上主張，不論犯了什麼罪，現代法院都不應以石刑處死任何人。
In the play, soldiers lapidate the prophet at the city gate, leaving him for dead.
在劇中，士兵在城門口以石頭砸死那名先知，將他棄置等死。
passive-like agent + victim pattern
- lapidate to death
- lapidate a prisoner
- lapidate in public
文法句型
lapidate + [person]
用法筆記
Almost always used about historical, religious, or foreign-law contexts; rare in everyday modern English. The agent is typically a group (mob, crowd, soldiers) rather than one person.
常見錯誤
同根字
- lapidation名詞C2
- lapidary形容詞C2