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词汇 bloodletting
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Definition of bloodletting in English:

bloodletting

noun ˈblʌdlɛtɪŋˈblədˌlɛdɪŋ
mass noun
  • 1historical The surgical removal of some of a patient's blood for therapeutic purposes.

    〈主史〉放血(术)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Today, many medical practices such as bloodletting are no longer used.
    • There are medieval scenes of bloodletting, and of doctors cauterising patients' piles, polyps, and even cataracts (ouch).
    • But the range of surgical expertise dealt largely with the surface of the body: for example cautery, bloodletting, and draining boils and abscesses.
    • There has been a health care crisis since we were bloodletting.
    • Then, your doctor might have recommended such treatments as bloodletting or taking dangerous doses of sulfur and mercury.
  • 2The violent killing and wounding of people during a war or conflict.

    杀戮,血洗

    gang members have halted their internecine bloodletting

    匪帮内部已经停止了两败俱伤的流血冲突。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tragic as all this violence and bloodletting is, even I am starting to have trouble distinguishing these reports from one another, day after day.
    • And the surreal and brutal slaughter, violence and bloodletting equals the Crusades.
    • Someone must stop it, someone has to, or it shall all end in a violent storm of bloodletting.
    • Both societies have a mixed history that included periods of peaceful, cooperative politics and periods of violence and bloodletting.
    • Going by the rage and anger that the assassination has sparked, the world should brace itself for more violence and bloodletting.
    Synonyms
    slaughter, slaying, killing, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder, bloodbath, gore, pogrom, genocide
    1. 2.1 Bitter division and quarrelling within an organization.
      内讧
      the consequences for the party of new bloodletting
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The bloodletting at the organisation, which employs 6,000 people across the country, follows a report which was highly critical of the corporation.
      • Sure, they showed division, open animosities and public bloodletting.
      • But industry watchers believe the bloodletting isn't over.
      • But, unplanned, they can also trigger a bout of internal party bloodletting.
      • They will be hoping to choose a candidate early in the primary season, and with limited bloodletting.

Definition of bloodletting in US English:

bloodletting

nounˈblədˌlediNGˈblədˌlɛdɪŋ
historical
  • 1The surgical removal of some of a patient's blood for therapeutic purposes.

    〈主史〉放血(术)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are medieval scenes of bloodletting, and of doctors cauterising patients' piles, polyps, and even cataracts (ouch).
    • But the range of surgical expertise dealt largely with the surface of the body: for example cautery, bloodletting, and draining boils and abscesses.
    • Then, your doctor might have recommended such treatments as bloodletting or taking dangerous doses of sulfur and mercury.
    • There has been a health care crisis since we were bloodletting.
    • Today, many medical practices such as bloodletting are no longer used.
    1. 1.1 The violent killing and wounding of people during a war or conflict.
      杀戮,血洗
      gang members have halted their internecine bloodletting

      匪帮内部已经停止了两败俱伤的流血冲突。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And the surreal and brutal slaughter, violence and bloodletting equals the Crusades.
      • Going by the rage and anger that the assassination has sparked, the world should brace itself for more violence and bloodletting.
      • Tragic as all this violence and bloodletting is, even I am starting to have trouble distinguishing these reports from one another, day after day.
      • Both societies have a mixed history that included periods of peaceful, cooperative politics and periods of violence and bloodletting.
      • Someone must stop it, someone has to, or it shall all end in a violent storm of bloodletting.
      Synonyms
      slaughter, slaying, killing, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder, bloodbath, gore, pogrom, genocide
    2. 1.2 Bitter division and quarreling within an organization.
      内讧
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But, unplanned, they can also trigger a bout of internal party bloodletting.
      • Sure, they showed division, open animosities and public bloodletting.
      • But industry watchers believe the bloodletting isn't over.
      • They will be hoping to choose a candidate early in the primary season, and with limited bloodletting.
      • The bloodletting at the organisation, which employs 6,000 people across the country, follows a report which was highly critical of the corporation.
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