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lynch sb
及物动词，宾语通常是受害者。
The angry mob wanted to lynch the prisoner.
愤怒的暴民想要对那名囚犯动用私刑。
处以私刑；私刑处死
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处以私刑；私刑处死
kill (someone) without legal sanction
The angry mob wanted to lynch the prisoner.
愤怒的暴民想要对那名囚犯动用私刑。
未经合法审判或程序处死(某人),尤指被暴民绞死。
To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
lynch
Base
原形
lynches
3rd person
第三人称单数
lynching
-ing
现在分词
lynched
Past
过去式
lynched
Past participle
过去分词
People sometimes lynch the accused without a trial.
人们有时不经审判就对被告处以私刑。
The angry crowd lynched the thief in the square.
愤怒的人群在广场上用私刑处死了那个小偷。
No one has lynched anyone here for decades.
几十年来这里没有人动用过私刑。
lynch 指未经合法审判，由一群人私下将人处死（尤指绞死），是严重罪行。
The angry crowd wanted to lynch the prisoner, but the sheriff stopped them.
愤怒的人群想对那名囚犯处以私刑，但警长制止了他们。
In the movie, an innocent man is nearly lynched by a mob before the truth comes out.
影片中，一名无辜男子在真相大白前差点被暴民处以私刑。
The teacher explained why lynching suspects is now regarded as a serious crime.
老师解释了为什么对嫌疑人动用私刑如今被视为严重犯罪。
及物动词，宾语通常是受害者。
The angry mob wanted to lynch the prisoner.
愤怒的暴民想要对那名囚犯动用私刑。
被动语态很常见，强调受害者遭遇。
Several innocent men were lynched in the 19th century.
19世纪有数名无辜男子被私刑处死。
用 for 引出私刑的原因。
They lynched him for a crime he did not commit.
他们因一桩他并未犯下的罪行而对他处以私刑。
Not this
The mob lynched the innocent man to death.
Use this
The mob lynched the innocent man.
“lynch”本身已含有“处死”之意，加上“to death”会造成语义重复；直接说 lynch someone 即可。
Not this
The angry crowd lynched on the thief.
Use this
The angry crowd lynched the thief.
“lynch”是及物动词，后面直接跟宾语，不需要加介词“on”；中文“对……施以私刑”的“对”不能直译成 on。
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私刑暴民
The lynch mob gathered outside the courthouse.
私刑暴民聚集在法院外。
私刑法
In the old West, lynch law sometimes replaced due process.
在旧西部，私刑法有时取代正当法律程序。
被处以私刑
He was lynched by an angry crowd.
他被愤怒的人群处以私刑。
私刑处死
Lynching was a brutal act of racial violence.
私刑是一种残暴的种族暴力行为。
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联想导演大卫·林奇（David Lynch）的姓：lynch 正是“私刑处死”——暴民不经法律擅自处刑。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、法律讨论、历史叙述 通常用于新闻报道、法律文书或历史叙述中，属于中性但严肃的表达；口语中较少直接使用。
与 lynch 读音同韵尾的常用词有 inch、pinch、flinch、clinch、finch、winch，均含 /ɪntʃ/。注意拼写相似的 lynx 读 /lɪŋks/，bunch 读 /bʌntʃ/，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.