manslaughter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmænˌslɔːtə/    美 /ˈmænˌslɔtɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The slaying of a human being. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind.
  2. The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide. countable,uncountable

词形变化

manslaughters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
constructive manslaughter corporate manslaughter criminally negligent manslaughter first-degree manslaughter involuntary manslaughter manslaughterous second-degree manslaughter voluntary manslaughter
相关词
self-slaughter

词源

From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), from mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”).
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