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commit genocide
commit genocide 是常见动宾搭配；genocide 在此通常作不可数名词，不加冠词。指多起事件时可用复数 genocides。
No country should be allowed to commit genocide and escape punishment.
任何国家都不应被允许实施种族灭绝而逍遥法外。
种族灭绝
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种族灭绝
systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
No country should be allowed to commit genocide and escape punishment.
任何国家都不应被允许实施种族灭绝而逍遥法外。
系统而蓄意地毁灭一个群体,通常基于种族、宗教、国籍或类似理由杀害其中大量成员。
The systematic and deliberate destruction of a group of people; typically by killing substantial numbers of them, on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, nationality, or similar grounds.
对种族或文化群体的系统性屠杀
systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
基于文化或族裔渊源对思想或习俗的系统性压制；文化灭绝。
The systematic suppression of ideas or practices on the basis of cultural or ethnic origin; culturicide.
在Roguelike游戏中玩家消灭一整类怪物。
The elimination of an entire class of monsters by the player in roguelikes.
The museum's exhibit explains how the international community has failed to prevent genocide in the past.
博物馆的展览讲述了国际社会过去如何未能防止种族灭绝。
Many historians argue that recognizing the warning signs early could stop a genocide before it begins.
许多历史学家认为，及早识别预警信号或许能在种族灭绝开始前阻止它。
The documentary presents shocking evidence that the genocide was planned over many years.
这部纪录片展示了令人震惊的证据，表明这场种族灭绝是经过多年策划的。
commit genocide 是常见动宾搭配；genocide 在此通常作不可数名词，不加冠词。指多起事件时可用复数 genocides。
No country should be allowed to commit genocide and escape punishment.
任何国家都不应被允许实施种族灭绝而逍遥法外。
be accused of genocide 中 genocide 为不可数名词；更正式的法律用语是 the crime of genocide（种族灭绝罪）。
The general was accused of genocide by the United Nations.
这名将军被联合国指控犯有种族灭绝罪。
genocide against ... 指明受害群体，常出现于历史或法律叙述；特指某一具体事件时前面加 the。
The museum tells the story of the genocide against the indigenous population.
这座博物馆讲述了针对土著居民的种族灭绝事件。
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The army committed genocide to the minority group.
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The army committed genocide against the minority group.
表示‘对某群体实施种族灭绝’时，genocide 后应用介词 against 引出受害对象；用 to 是受中文“对”字直译影响的中式英语。
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He was convicted of genocide crime.
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He was convicted of genocide.
genocide 本身即指‘种族灭绝罪’，再加 crime 会造成语义重复；‘种族灭绝罪’应直接译为 genocide。
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The tribunal investigated the genocide acts by the former regime.
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The tribunal investigated the genocidal acts by the former regime.
修饰 acts 应用形容词 genocidal（‘种族灭绝的’），genocide 是名词，直接作定语不自然；常见的正确搭配是 genocidal acts 或 acts of genocide。
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实施种族灭绝
The regime was accused of committing genocide against its own people.
该政权被指控对本国民众实施种族灭绝。
种族灭绝幸存者
Memorials honor the genocide survivors and remember the victims.
纪念碑向种族灭绝幸存者致敬并缅怀遇难者。
否认种族灭绝
Several countries have laws that criminalize genocide denial.
一些国家有法律将否认种族灭绝的行为定为犯罪。
防止种族灭绝
The United Nations has a responsibility to prevent genocide.
联合国有责任防止种族灭绝。
种族灭绝受害者
She documented the stories of victims of genocide.
她记录了种族灭绝受害者们的故事。
被控种族灭绝
The former leader was arrested and accused of genocide.
前领导人被捕并被控种族灭绝。
种族灭绝是否认整个人类群体的生存权，正如杀人是否认个人的生命权。
Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide in 1944 to describe this crime against humanity.
拉斐尔·莱姆金于1944年创造了“种族灭绝”一词，用以描述这一危害人类罪。
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联想记忆：gen→基因，cide→杀（如 suicide），把整个种族的基因杀绝 = 种族灭绝。
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道、国际法、历史讨论 genocide 通常用于正式或严肃的语境，多出现在新闻报道、法律和历史讨论中；日常口语中较少使用。
这些词与 genocide 的末尾 /saɪd/ 押韵：suicide、homicide、pesticide、decide 的 -cide 都读 /saɪd/；side、provide 拼写为 -ide/-vide，但读音也押韵。注意别把形似的 acid /ˈæsɪd/ 或 cider /ˈsaɪdər/ 当作同韵词。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.