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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。
过失杀人；非预谋杀人
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过失杀人；非预谋杀人
unlawful killing without malice aforethought
He was charged with manslaughter after the accident.
事故发生后他被指控过失杀人。
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
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.
过失杀人；非预谋杀人
homicide without malice aforethought
He was charged with manslaughter after the car accident.
车祸后他被指控过失杀人。
The court reduced the charge from murder to manslaughter.
法庭将指控从谋杀减为过失杀人。
She was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to five years.
她被判过失杀人罪，处五年徒刑。
He was charged with manslaughter after the accident.
事故发生后他被指控过失杀人。
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。
The manslaughter trial lasted for three weeks.
过失杀人罪的审判持续了三周。
She faces a manslaughter charge following the incident.
事件发生后她面临过失杀人指控。
Not this
He manslaughtered the pedestrian in a traffic accident.
Use this
He committed manslaughter of the pedestrian in a traffic accident.
动词使用错误：'manslaughter' 是名词，不能直接用作动词。应改为 'commit manslaughter' 来表示‘犯过失杀人罪’。
Not this
The driver was accused for manslaughter.
Use this
The driver was accused of manslaughter.
介词搭配错误：表示‘被控告犯……罪’时，accuse 后应接 of，而非 for。这是受中文‘因为’影响产生的常见错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
过失杀人（非故意）
He was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
他被判犯有过失杀人罪。
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。
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。
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。
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。
过失杀人案件
The manslaughter case drew widespread media attention.
这起过失杀人案件引起了媒体的广泛关注。
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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。
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。
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.
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