Word · Frequency #19532
dismembered
肢解；割断四肢
dismembered is the past of dismember.
separate the limbs from the body
- 1.
To remove the limbs of.
切除四肢；肢解。
- 2.
To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
将某物切割或分割成小块。
分割；切成碎片；切除四肢；肢解。；将某物切割或分割成小块。；割断手足；支解
In use
The chef dismembered the roast chicken, placing each leg and wing on a plate.
During the dissection, the students carefully dismembered the frog to examine its muscles.
The old doll was so badly dismembered that only its arms remained.
dismember sth
常用于比喻分割大型组织或国家。
The government plans to dismember the state-owned media giant.
政府计划肢解这家国有媒体巨头。
be dismembered
描述暴力犯罪时常用被动语态。
The victim was dismembered and the parts were never found.
受害者被肢解，肢体从未找到。
dismember sth into sth
into 后面接分割后的小部分。
Connections
Collocations
- dismember a body
- 肢解尸体
- The killer dismembered the body and hid the parts.凶手肢解了尸体，并把尸块藏了起来。
- dismembered remains
- 被肢解的遗骸
- Police found dismembered remains in the forest.警方在森林里发现了被肢解的遗骸。
- dismember the victim
- 肢解受害者
- The suspect admitted to dismembering the victim.嫌疑人承认肢解了受害者。
- dismember a company
- 拆分公司
- The board voted to dismember the company into three smaller firms.董事会投票决定将公司拆分成三家较小的公司。
- dismember an empire
- 分割帝国
- The peace treaty dismembered the empire.和平条约分割了帝国。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象 dis（分开）+ member（肢体），把肢体从身体上分开，就是肢解。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道、法医报告、历史叙述 dismember 多用于正式、书面或较严肃的语境，如新闻报道、法医报告或历史叙述；日常口语中通常用 cut off 或 tear apart 等更通俗的说法。
Grammar Note
表示‘肢解、砍断四肢’；宾语通常为尸体、躯体或动物，也可用于抽象事物如组织、国家等，意为‘分割’。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 dismember 的 -ember 部分发音相同，均为 /embə/，因此押韵。注意 limber /ˈlɪmbə/ 和 cucumber /ˈkjuːkʌmbə/ 虽也以 -mber 结尾，但元音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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