基本词汇
n.有意的破坏或暴行;[法]重伤罪;故意的伤害罪
详情解释
英英释义
词典解释
网络解释
mayhem的解释
noun
1. violent and needless disturbance
Synonym: havoc
2. the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person
1. 纷乱;混乱;骚乱
You use mayhem to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way.
e.g. Their arrival caused mayhem as crowds of refugees rushed towards them.
他们到达后大批难民一拥而上,引起一片混乱。
e.g. ...the economic mayhem that this country's going through now.
这个国家正在经历的经济混乱
1. 伤害罪:从前的杀害与烧毁房屋变成了关于暴力伤害罪(mayhem)与纵火罪(arson)的控诉. 扰乱治安伤害(depaceetplagis)之诉与暴力伤害之诉变成了(或者在实质上已经是)仍然为律师们所熟悉的侵害行为之诉(theactionoftrespass).
2. 伤残:manual strangulation 扼死 | mayhem 伤残 | mechanical injury 机械性损伤 以机械性暴力所致的损伤.
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3. 大混乱:break down 发生故障,停运 | mayhem 大混乱 | gritter 铺砂机
经典引文
The ability to work at his desk in the middle of domestic mayhem.
出自:H. CarpenterIt was mayhem on the motorway, which was blocked off to allow emergency services to reach the scene.
出自:Daily Express