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stab in the back

/stab/US // stæb //

暗杀,暗箭伤人,暗害,暗箭伤身

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    stabbed, stab·bing.

    • : to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
    • : to thrust, plunge, or jab into something: He stabbed the knife into the man's chest.
    • : to penetrate sharply or painfully: Their misery stabbed his conscience.
    • : to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in: He stabbed me in the chest with his finger.The speaker stabbed the air in anger.
v.无主动词 verb
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    stabbed, stab·bing.

    • : to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker.
    • : to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act of stabbing.
    • : a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon.
    • : an attempt; try; Make a stab at an answer before giving up.
    • : a wound made by stabbing.
    • : a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation: He felt a stab of pain in his foot.A stab of pity ran through her.

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Examples

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  • The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.

  • I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

  • Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.

  • The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.

  • With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.

  • She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.