"murders" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 謀殺案
• 兇殺案

Definition

它是「murder」的複數形式，指故意殺人的犯罪行為。既可以指多個具體案件，也可以指這類犯罪的整體數量。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這個詞主要用於新聞、警方、法律和犯罪報導語境。常見搭配有 'a series of murders'、'solve the murders' 和 'the number of murders rose'。不要和 'killings' 混淆，後者範圍更廣，不一定表示違法或故意。

Examples

The police are investigating three murders in the city.

警方正在調查這座城市裡的三起**謀殺案**。

The town had no murders last year.

這個鎮去年沒有發生**謀殺案**。

The reporter wrote about two unsolved murders.

記者報導了兩起未偵破的**謀殺案**。

The documentary looks at a series of murders from the 1990s.

這部紀錄片講的是1990年代的一連串**謀殺案**。

People were shocked by how quickly the number of murders rose.

人們對**謀殺案**數量上升得這麼快感到震驚。

Detectives finally connected the murders to one suspect.

偵探們終於把這些**謀殺案**和一名嫌疑人聯繫起來了。