honour killing
基本解释
- 荣誉谋杀(指凶手谋杀家庭成员以达到挽回家族荣誉的目的)
英汉例句
- To get tough on honour killing, the government in Delhi has mooted a new law.
光荣死亡这一案例变得很严厉,德里的政府部门提供一条新的法条供讨论。 - As events in Karora suggest, honour-killing persists at least partly because many villagers approve of it.
正如卡罗拉事件表明,荣誉谋杀至少有部分人坚持,因为很多村民赞成这种做法。 - Centuries hence, we Frenchmen and Englishmen might be boasting and killing each other still, carrying out bravely the Devili's code of honour .
几世纪之后,我们英国人和法国人也许仍在勇敢地维护着魔鬼的荣誉法典,继续夸耀武力,继续互相残杀。 - Though she had been raped and tortured, Captain Wake ordered her to be shot—or, if the captain's later suggestion is to be believed, she herself shot her, since the Maquisards' sense of honour permitted her rape but not her killing.
ECONOMIST: Nancy Wake
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition