patricide
patricide — 名詞
1. the act of a person causing the death of their own father, regarded as a serious
弑父
殺害自己父親的罪行
the act of a person causing the death of their own father, regarded as a serious crime.
Oedipus unknowingly committed patricide when he killed a stranger on the road.
Oedipus 在路上殺死一個陌生人，無意間犯下了弑父之罪。
commit patricide
Police charged the young man with patricide after finding his father's body in the garden.
警方在花園裡發現這名年輕男子父親的遺體後，以弑父罪起訴了他。
charge someone with patricide
In the story Ilan read, patricide brings a curse upon the whole royal family.
在 Ilan 讀的那個故事裡，弑父為整個王室家族帶來了詛咒。
Zayd's lawyer argued that the fire was an accident, not patricide.
Zayd 的律師主張那場火災是意外，不是弑父。
contrast: an accident, not patricide
- commit patricide
- charged with patricide
- accused of patricide
文法句型
commit patricide
charge someone with patricide
用法筆記
Used without 'a' or 'the' when it names the crime, as in 'commit patricide' or 'charged with patricide'. For the person who does it, see sense 2.
常見錯誤
2. a son or daughter who has taken their father's life.
弑父者
親手殺害自己父親的人
a son or daughter who has taken their father's life.
The jury saw the quiet teenager not as a patricide but as a victim of abuse.
陪審團不把這名安靜的青少年看作弑父者，而是虐待的受害者。
see someone as a patricide
The old chronicle brands the prince a patricide who took the throne by force.
古老的編年史把那位王子稱為弑父者，說他用武力奪取了王位。
brand someone a patricide
Nobody in the village spoke to Minho after neighbors learned he was a patricide.
村民得知 Minho 是弑父者後，村裡沒有人再跟他說話。
The painting shows the patricide standing alone beside his father's empty chair.
這幅畫呈現弑父者獨自站在他父親空椅子旁的畫面。
文法句型
call someone a patricide
用法筆記
Countable and takes an article ('a patricide'). The crime itself is sense 1, which has no article.
常見錯誤
同根字
- patricidal形容詞
常見搭配
常用片語
- commit patricide
介系詞搭配
- charged with patricide
- accused of patricide