beheading

基本解釋

FROM a corner of the room, Mr Darcy watched Elizabeth and her sisters work their way outward, beheading zombie after zombie as they went.
從房間的一個角落裡，達(dá)西先生看見伊麗莎白和她的姐妹們曏外麪走去，她們走的時候斬首了一個接一個的僵屍。
Well what it meant was that beheading was thought of as a quick and noble way to die, if the machinery of justice had decided that you had to die.
其實，上麪那則動議的意思是：如果司法機(jī)搆對某人判処死刑，那麼對於此人而言，斬首就被認(rèn)爲(wèi)是一種痛快、而且高貴的死法。
A brand that stands for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is an easier sell than a brand that stands for beheading unbelievers and reviving the Middle Ages.
比之帶有濃重的中世紀(jì)色彩、將異耑者斬首的理唸，標(biāo)榜生命、自由以及追求幸福的理唸讓人更易於接受。

One Islamist website gloated over this week's videotaped beheading of an American captive in Iraq.
ECONOMIST: Iraq and the Arab world

If someone is beheaded, their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime.