14. If the Tower of London had still been in the beheading business, Beckham would have been through Traitor's Gate by the end of that summer of 1998.
要是伦敦塔当时还做斩首营生的话,贝克·汉姆在1998年那个夏末大概就已经被推出午门了。
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15. Aunts, Uncles: Uncle Alphard, who left Sirius money and Aunt Elladora who started the tradition of beheading house-elves when they were too old to carry tea trays.
16. 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.
比之带有浓重的中世纪色彩、将异端者斩首的理念,标榜生命、自由以及追求幸福的理念让人更易于接受。
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17. Beheading — swift and painless, as long as the axe was sharp — was considered a "privileged" way to die and was reserved mainly for members of nobility, rarely commoners.
18. The Virginia Tech graduate student accused of beheading another graduate student on campus last week had visited the school’s counseling center, according to court documents filed this week.
本周公布的法庭档案显示,被指控谋杀弗州理工一名研究生的该校另一名研究生曾前往学校的咨询中心。
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19. This is a very serious crime. In those days, the punishment was beheading — the convict was dragged out to a public place where everybody could watch and his head was chopped off with a big sword.
当时此罪是重罪,会被砍头——犯人被带到一个公众场所,在那里所有人都可看到他的头被一柄大刀砍落。
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20. This is a very serious crime. In those days, the punishment was beheading — the convict was dragged out to a public place where everybody could watch and his head was chopped off with a big sword.
当时此罪是重罪,会被砍头头——犯人被带到一个公众场所,在那里所有人都可看到他的头被一柄大刀砍落。
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21. This is a very serious crime. In those days, the punishment was beheading —— the convict was dragged out to a public place where everybody could watch and his head was chopped off with a big sword.
当时此罪是重罪,会被砍头——犯人被带到一个公众场所,在那里所有的人都可以看到他的头被一柄大刀砍落。
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22. This is a very serious crime. In those days, the punishment was beheading —— the convict was dragged out to a public place where everybody could watch and his head was chopped off with a big sword.
当时此罪是重罪,会被砍头——犯人被带到一个公众场所,在那里所有的人都可以看到他的头被一柄大刀砍落。
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用作名词 (n.)
The beheading of Mary Queen of Scots was an act of regicide. 把苏格兰女王玛丽斩首是弑君行为。
The Mungiki is Kenya's most notorious gang, famous for beheading some of its victims. 群众帮是肯尼亚最臭名昭著的帮派组织,以把受害者斩首而著名。
This idiom comes from the merry old days of the public beheading. 这个习语来自于过去那个当众砍头的美好年代。