【behead】 - SAT备考词汇

behead

UK:  [bɪ'hed]

US:  [bɪ'hed]

第三人称单数：beheads  现在分词：beheading  过去分词：beheaded  

v.

1.把…斩首,砍…的头

2.将...斩首

3.杀,掉脑袋

4.使其它河流的水流入自己河中

adj.

1.被砍了头的;〔美俚〕被解雇的

1 . Although the King was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.
尽管国王是一个绝对的君主，但他不想在没有她不贞行为的绝对证据下将他不忠的妻子斩首。

2 . Her words carried the ring of deliberate provocation, challenging the Islamists to put a fatwa on her and raise a sword to behead her.
她的言词中带有蓄意的挑衅，挑逗着伊斯兰教徒对她进行裁决并亲自剑刃其首。

3 . These winds, if strong enough, can behead storm systems that are beginning to organize into a hurricane by literally blowing them away.
这些风，如果够强，可以斩断正在形成的风暴系统，即简单的吹散它们。

4 . Washington woman is behind bars after allegedly attempting to behead her sleeping husband with a reciprocating saw.
华盛顿一女子因涉嫌企图用往复式电锯砍掉熟睡中的丈夫的头而被警方逮捕。

5 . In Canada, a group of Muslim citizens said to have planned to attack Parliament and behead the prime minister are also awaiting trial.
在加拿大，一群据称曾计划袭击国会并将总理斩首的穆斯林国民也正在等待审讯。