butcher + 动物名词（屠宰）
此用法指屠宰动物并将其处理成肉，宾语通常是猪、牛、羊等家畜。
The farmer butchered a pig for the winter.
农夫宰了一头猪以备过冬。
屠宰；宰杀
butchered — past of butcher
毁坏；弄糟；搞砸；残杀；屠杀；当屠夫；屠宰(动物)并准备(肉类)上市；从事屠夫工作
to slaughter animals and prepare the meat for sale
屠宰(动物)并准备(肉类)上市
To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
从事屠夫工作
To work as a butcher.
残忍地杀害
To kill brutally.
毁坏(某物),常至诽谤的地步
To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
彻底搞砸；笨拙地处理；扭曲到无法识别的地步
To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
一般现在时
He butchers the chicken every Sunday.
他每个星期天宰杀鸡。
一般过去时
She butchered the song at karaoke.
她在卡拉OK把歌唱砸了。
现在进行时
They are butchering a pig for the festival.
他们正在为节日宰猪。
They butcher the cattle every Friday and sell the meat at the local market.
他们每周五屠宰牛，然后在当地市场出售牛肉。
用法提示：这里 butcher 是动词原形，表示“屠宰（动物）并把肉准备好出售”。
My grandfather taught me how to butcher a chicken when I was ten.
我祖父在我十岁时教我如何宰鸡。
用法提示：butcher 用在 how to 后面，是不定式，表示“宰杀、屠宰”。
The farmer butchered two pigs last weekend and froze the meat.
那位农民上周末宰了两头猪，并把肉冷冻起来。
用法提示：butchered 是过去式，表示“屠宰（动物）并处理肉类”。
此用法指屠宰动物并将其处理成肉，宾语通常是猪、牛、羊等家畜。
The farmer butchered a pig for the winter.
农夫宰了一头猪以备过冬。
宾语多为歌曲、剧本、语言、机会等，强调弄糟或毁坏到难以辨认。
The band butchered my favourite song at the concert.
乐队在音乐会上把我最喜欢的歌糟蹋了。
被动形式既可指被残忍杀害，也可指被彻底毁坏；后面常接 beyond recognition。
The translation was butchered beyond recognition.
这份译文被改得面目全非。
grammar · medium
易错句子He butchered in the interview.
正确表达He butchered the interview.
butcher 作“彻底搞砸、弄糟”解时是及物动词，后面必须接被搞砸的事物作宾语。汉语“他搞砸了”可以省略宾语，但英语不能；应补出 the interview 作宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The team butchered up the plan.
正确表达The team butchered the plan.
butcher 本身已表示“彻底弄糟、搞砸”，是及物动词，不再与副词小品词 up 搭配。虽然英语有 mess up、botch up 等说法，但 butcher 后直接跟宾语即可，所以删去 up。
grammar · medium
易错句子She butchered the vegetables for the soup.
正确表达She chopped the vegetables for the soup.
butcher 指屠宰动物或引申为彻底毁坏、搞砸，不表示一般地“切”食材。汉语“切”可泛指各种切割，但英语切菜常用 chop/cut，因此这里应改为 chopped，才能表达“把蔬菜切好做汤”的意思。
宰猪
He learned to butcher a pig on his uncle's farm.
他在叔叔的农场学会了宰猪。
把事情搞砸
The new team completely butchered the job.
新团队把这件事彻底搞砸了。
糟蹋语言；把语言用得面目全非
Bad translations can butcher the language beyond recognition.
糟糕的翻译会把语言糟蹋得面目全非。
把一首歌演唱得一塌糊涂
The contestant butchered a song everyone loves.
那位选手把一首大家喜爱的歌演唱得一塌糊涂。
把发音念得面目全非
She butchered the pronunciation of my name.
她把我的名字念得面目全非。
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被残忍杀害
The villagers were brutally butchered in the attack.
村民在袭击中被残忍杀害。