slay
单词辨析：
普通用词，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
His wife was killed in a car accident.
他的妻子在一次车祸中丧生。
The president was killed on his way to the office.
总统在上班路上被杀了。
主要指出于政治原因采用非法手段杀害重要人物或知名人士。
The police have uncovered a plot to assassinate the president.
警方已破获一起暗杀总统的阴谋。
Terrorists are plotting to assassinate the presidential candidate.
恐怖分子在密谋暗杀这位总统候选人。
指蓄意杀害某人。
The housekeeper was murdered last night.
昨天夜里管家被谋杀了。
He was convicted of murdering a policewoman.
他被判谋杀一名女警察的罪名成立。
指残酷地杀害某人，尤用于新闻报道中。
Three passengers were slain by the hijackers.
3名乘客被劫机者杀害。
Several visitors were brutally slain yesterday.
昨天有数名游客惨遭杀害。
相关例句：
[ NIV] They slay the widow and the alien; they murder the fatherless.
6[和合]他们杀死9寡妇和寄居的，又杀害孤儿。
Men reject their prophets and slay them.
人们不相信先知并杀死了他们。
I have slain a man among them, and I fear lest they slay me.
我确已杀过他们中的一个人，所以我怕他们杀我。
Fortunately, a dragon most easy to slay.
幸运的是，这是最容易杀的龙。
Slay those who will not listen.
宰了那些不会听话的家伙。
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them!
要杀她的一切牛犊，使他们下去遭遇杀戮。