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perform an autopsy on sb/sth
常用动词搭配为 perform/carry out，后接 on 引出解剖对象。
The pathologist performed an autopsy on the victim to determine the cause of death.
病理学家对受害者进行了尸检，以确定死因。
尸检；验尸；尸体解剖
autopsies — plural of autopsy
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尸检；验尸；尸体解剖
autopsy
The pathologist performed an autopsy on the victim to determine the cause of death.
病理学家对受害者进行了尸检，以确定死因。
对尸体进行解剖以确定死因。
A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
对尸体进行检查和解剖以确定死亡原因或疾病引起的变化
an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
事后检查,尤指对失败原因的检查。
An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
The police requested an autopsy to find out how the man had died.
警方要求进行尸检以查明这名男子的死因。
The autopsy showed no signs of injury on the body.
尸检显示尸体上没有受伤的痕迹。
The family agreed to let the doctors perform an autopsy.
家属同意让医生进行尸体解剖。
常用动词搭配为 perform/carry out，后接 on 引出解剖对象。
The pathologist performed an autopsy on the victim to determine the cause of death.
病理学家对受害者进行了尸检，以确定死因。
接 that 从句说明尸检结果，reveal 较正式。
The autopsy revealed that the cause of death was a heart attack.
尸检显示，死因是心脏病发作。
作名词时用 on 引出解剖对象，可作主语或宾语。
The autopsy on the baby found no signs of abuse.
对这名婴儿的尸检未发现虐待迹象。
Not this
Doctors performed autopsy on the body.
Use this
Doctors performed an autopsy on the body.
autopsy 是可数名词，单数形式前需要冠词 an；汉语无冠词，学习者容易漏掉。an 用于以元音音素开头的 autopsy 之前。
Not this
The pathologist performed an autopsy to the body.
Use this
The pathologist performed an autopsy on the body.
表达“对某具尸体进行尸检”时，autopsy 后接介词 on；汉语的“对”容易被直译为 to，因此应改为 on。
Not this
The doctor performed a biopsy on the dead body to find the cause of death.
Use this
The doctor performed an autopsy on the dead body to find the cause of death.
biopsy 指“活组织检查”，对象是活体组织；autopsy 才指对尸体进行的尸检。要查明死因，应用 autopsy。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
进行尸检；施行尸体解剖
Police asked the pathologist to perform an autopsy on the victim.
警方要求病理学家对受害者进行尸检。
下令进行尸检
The coroner ordered an autopsy because the death was sudden and unexplained.
由于死亡突然且原因不明，验尸官下令进行尸检。
尸检报告
The autopsy report listed the exact cause of death.
尸检报告列出了确切死因。
尸检结果
The family waited anxiously for the autopsy results.
家属焦急地等待尸检结果。
法医尸检
The forensic autopsy showed no signs of poisoning.
法医尸检未显示中毒迹象。
对…进行剖析（尤指失败后）
The media did an autopsy on the election results.
媒体对选举结果进行了剖析。
尸检显示，男子死于死亡。
This is the headline of a satirical article from The Onion, a widely known American parody news site, making a joke about an obvious and redundant cause of death.
这是美国著名恶搞新闻网站《洋葱》一篇讽刺文章的标题，用一句显而易见且冗余的死因来搞笑。
Use autopsies naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆：发音像“aw, top see”——啊，掀开表面看看尸体，即验尸。
语域：formal 常见场景：forensic pathology、coroner's office、court testimony 该词通常用于正式或专业语境，多出现在法医学、医学和法律相关的报道、报告或讨论中；日常口语中较少见。
与 autopsy 真正押韵的词有 biopsy 和 necropsy，它们都以 -opsy 结尾，读作 /ˌɑpsi/。注意以 auto- 开头的词（如 autopilot、autobiography）中 auto 读作 /ˌɔtoʊ/ 或 /ˌɔtə/，与 autopsy 开头的 /ˈɔ/ 不同，因此不构成押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.