Holocaust
[ 'hɑləkɔst ]
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n. 大屠杀;浩劫;毁灭;
💡 词根助记
holo全部+caust烧→全部烧光→大火灾
📝 例句
The holocaust was complete.
这场大屠杀结束了。
Viewing this holocaust, they gave up any hope of living.
看见这个奇异的景象，众人对自己的命运不能够再有丝毫的疑惑了。
his wife and three daughters had perished in Rotterdam's holocaust.
他的妻子，3个女儿，都在鹿特丹的大屠杀中丧生。
The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.
奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。
He predicted that there would be a world holocaust.
他预言将有一场世界性的浩劫。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“好乐卡死他”:发现好乐的人就卡住脖子弄死他→浩劫
※ holo-完全,caus-谐音“烤死”,t-拼音“他”:纳粹加小日本居然用完全烤死他们敌人的方法来大屠杀
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
holocaust
n
(a) [C] large-scale destruction, esp by fire; great loss of human life 大规模的毁灭（尤指由火灾造成的）; 大批的人的死亡
fear a nuclear holocaust 惧怕核灾难.
(b) the Holocaust [sing]
the mass killing of Jews by the Nazis before and during World War II （第二次世界大战之前及大战期间, 纳粹对犹太人的）大屠杀.
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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but I have work to do.
但我有工作要做。
No wrong without remedy.
无错不可纠。
Franz poured scorn on the idea, pointing out that his brother had been killed in action during the war.
弗朗兹对此不屑一顾，指出他兄弟已经在战争中阵亡了。