| 单词 | honour killing |
| 释义 | > as lemmashonour killing honour killing n. the killing of a person in order to settle a matter of honour; spec. the killing of a (usually female) relative who has brought dishonour upon the family, associated especially with cultures which highly value family honour and consider it compromised by sexual misdemeanours in particular; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1929 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 23 Jan. 1/2 (heading) Pair testify in ‘honor killing’. 1941 Social Forces 19 311 In a country where honor killings are numerous, people in general do not believe in murder but they do hold ideas concerning certain situations which makes murder an understandable, excusable, and even probable outcome in certain cases. 1981 Washington Post 11 Oct. a31/1 ‘A silent death,’ the term applied to the discreet burials in upper Egypt's timeless villages after the honor killings that sometimes follow family troubles, such as a compromised daughter or a suspect wife. 2004 J. H. Momsen Gender & Devel. 97 Dilber Kina's death was an ‘honour killing’, a practice occurring with increasing frequency in cities across Turkey and in other developing countries. < as lemmas |
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