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lynching

UK /ˈlɪntʃɪŋ/US /ˈlɪntʃɪŋ/

词源

源自Charles Lynch(1736-1796),美国弗吉尼亚州法官,以不经审判处罚保皇党人闻名。最初指非正式处罚,19世纪后特指种族暴力。

noun

❶ 指未经法律程序,由暴民或私刑团体对某人(通常是黑人)实施的非法处决行为,尤指美国历史上的种族暴力事件。

“The museum displayed photos of victims of lynching in the early 20th century.”

(博物馆展出了20世纪初私刑受害者的照片。)

“Lynching was often used as a tool of racial terror in the Southern states.”

(私刑常被南方各州用作种族恐怖手段。)

同义词:mob justice, vigilante killing, extrajudicial execution

verb

❶ 以暴民私刑的方式非法处决某人,通常带有种族仇恨或报复性质。

“The angry crowd threatened to lynch the accused man without a trial.”

(愤怒的人群威胁要对被指控者不经审判就处以私刑。)

“In the novel, the character was lynched for a crime he didn't commit.”

(小说中,这个角色因未犯下的罪行被私刑处死。)

同义词:hang, execute illegally, murder by mob

常见短语

lynch mob — 指组织或参与私刑的暴民群体,这些人通常无视法律程序自行实施惩罚。

“The lynch mob gathered outside the jail demanding the prisoner.”

(私刑暴民聚集在监狱外要求交出囚犯。)

lynch law — 指暴民自行执法的现象,形容完全无视正式法律程序的群体暴力行为。

“In areas where lynch law prevailed, no one was safe from mob violence.”

(在私刑盛行的地区,没人能免受暴民暴力侵害。)