 “連環兇殺案”怎么說
[ 2006-12-19 15:13 ]
年輕妓女、水中的裸尸、神秘的連環殺手……英國薩?？丝そ毡患t燈區的妓女連環兇殺案搞得人心惶惶。警方日前宣布，他們已拘留了該案嫌犯。雖然涉案嫌疑人找不出案發時自己不在場的證據，但他卻一口咬定自己無罪。
請看外電相關報道：British police arrested a 37-year-old man suspected of murdering five prostitutes in a high-profileserial-killer casethat has gripped the nation.
At the weekend, the suspect gave a newspaper interview in which he insisted he was innocent but admitted being unable to explain where he was at the times of the killings.
顯然，報道中的“serial-killer case”指的是“連環兇殺案”，相應的，“serial killer”就是“連環殺手”。
“Serial”常用來形容“一連串的、一系列的”，如：a serial story（分期連載的故事）；be placed in serial order（依次放置）。
“Serial”做名詞時，可以指“連續劇、連載小說”，如：radio serial（廣播連續?。?，再看個例句：Several magazines have bid for the serial rights of my novel.（幾家雜志競相出價想獲得我的小說的連載權。）
（英語點津陳蓓編輯）
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