"burn at the stake" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 火刑处死

Definition

被绑在柱子上并用火烧死，这是一种历史上用于某些罪行的处决方式。现在也可比喻公开严厉批评。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

字面意思正式且主要用于历史语境；比喻时常用来夸张地表达被严厉公开批评（如“我感觉像被火刑处死”）。日常生活中极少字面使用。

Examples

In the past, people were sometimes burned at the stake for their beliefs.

过去，有些人因为信仰被**火刑处死**。

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in 1431.

琼·德·阿克在1431年被**火刑处死**。

The king ordered his enemy to be burned at the stake.

国王下令将敌人**火刑处死**。

Whenever I make a mistake at work, I feel like I'm being burned at the stake.

我工作上犯错时，总觉得像被**火刑处死**一样。

He voiced an unpopular opinion and was practically burned at the stake on social media.

他说了个不受欢迎的观点，在社交媒体上简直被**火刑处死**。

Relax, nobody's going to burn you at the stake for forgetting to send one email.

别担心，只是忘发一封邮件，没人会把你**火刑处死**。