Crucifixion
[kruːsɪ'fɪkʃ(ə)n] or ['krʊsə'fɪkʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering.
(noun.) the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross.
(noun.) the death of Jesus by crucifixion.
手打:奥斯伯特--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.
(n.) The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.
(n.) Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.
手打:丽贝卡
娱乐性解释：
If you chance to dream of the crucifixion, you will see your opportunities slip away, tearing your hopes from your grasp, and leaving you wailing over the frustration of desires.
整理:莫顿
例句:
- Within two decades of the crucifixion this new religion was already attracting the attention of the Roman rulers in several provinces. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- They found out prophecies of the crucifixion in the prophets--the Gospel of Matthew is particularly insistent upon these prophecies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Tradition says that here the Saviour was confined just previously to the crucifixion. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It is not possible that there can be any mistake about the locality of the Crucifixion. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Yet he was probably of a delicate physique, because of the swiftness with which he died under the pains of crucifixion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But the place of the Crucifixion affects him differently. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
校对:塔玛拉