Word · Frequency #9261
manslaughter
过失杀人；非预谋杀人
unlawful killing without malice aforethought
- 1.
The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.
非法杀人,可能因疏忽或在实施某些非法行为时偶然发生,但没有特定恶意,或因突然愤怒而发生；被认为比谋杀罪轻,但比正当杀人罪重
- 2.
homicide without malice aforethought
过失杀人；非预谋杀人
非法杀人,可能因疏忽或在实施某些非法行为时偶然发生,但没有特定恶意,或因突然愤怒而发生；被认为比谋杀罪轻,但比正当杀人罪重；杀人；过失杀人罪
In use
He was charged with manslaughter after the car accident.
The court reduced the charge from murder to manslaughter.
She was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years.
be charged with manslaughter
He was charged with manslaughter after the accident.
事故发生后他被指控过失杀人。
commit manslaughter
The driver committed manslaughter by ignoring traffic laws.
司机因无视交通法规而犯有过失杀人罪。
manslaughter trial
The manslaughter trial lasted for three weeks.
Connections
Collocations
- involuntary manslaughter
- 过失杀人（非故意）
- He was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.他被判犯有过失杀人罪。
- voluntary manslaughter
- 故意杀人（减轻情节）
- The charge was reduced to voluntary manslaughter.指控被减轻为故意杀人罪。
- charged with manslaughter
- 被控过失杀人
- The driver was charged with manslaughter after the accident.事故发生后，司机被控过失杀人。
- manslaughter charge
- 过失杀人指控
- The manslaughter charge was dropped due to lack of evidence.由于缺乏证据，过失杀人指控被撤销。
- manslaughter conviction
- 过失杀人定罪
- His manslaughter conviction was overturned on appeal.他的过失杀人定罪在上诉中被推翻。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“man（人）+slaughter（屠杀）”，但记住这里缺乏恶意，所以是“过失杀人”而非故意谋杀。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律、新闻报道 该词通常用于正式法律语境，如法庭或法律报道中，指没有预谋的杀人行为。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words above share the spelling pattern '-aughter'. However, only 'daughter' and 'slaughter' are true rhymes (with stressed vowel /ɔː/), while 'laughter' is a lookalike with a different vowel (/æf/). The target 'manslaughter' has a different stress pattern and does not rhyme with any of these words.
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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