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词汇 vivisect
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Definition of vivisect in English:

vivisect

verb ˌvɪvɪˈsɛktˈvɪvɪsɛktˈvɪvəˌsɛkt
[with object]
  • (used only by opponents of the practice) perform vivisection on (an animal)

    people are vivisecting animals and experimenting with germ warfare
    figurative science has been directed to the task of reducing, dividing, and vivisecting nature to manageable proportions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We teach them how to take living things and vivisect them.
    • A further note on Victor's improbable career: when he is not creating life in the lab, or necromancing with mummy DNA, he apparently vivisects chimpanzees.
    • Have we the right to make experiments on animals and vivisect them?
    • It may be ethically objectionable to vivisect animals, or pursue profits at the expense of nature and community, but it is usually legal.
    • I've heard from another source about the vivisected dog story.
    Synonyms
    anatomize, cut up, cut open, lay open, dismember

Derivatives

  • vivisector

  • noun
    • In 1986 Britain passed a law which orders all vivisectors to show the value of new experiments is greater than the animal suffering inflicted.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are left with a caricature of the German doctor as a power crazed, human vivisector.
      • First of all, for those of you who don't know me, I am a former vivisector and I speak out against vivisection now.
      • Additionally, two animal labs and three vivisector's offices were entered and all contents relating to animal research were destroyed.
      • Croce reveals the clear contradiction in the attitude of the vivisector towards animals.

Origin

Mid 19th century: back-formation from vivisection.

Definition of vivisect in US English:

vivisect

verbˈvivəˌsektˈvɪvəˌsɛkt
[with object]
  • Perform vivisection on (an animal) (used only by people who are opposed to the practice)

    对(动物)进行活体解剖(仅为反对活体解剖者用语)

    people are vivisecting animals and experimenting with germ warfare
    figurative science has been directed to the task of reducing, dividing, and vivisecting nature to manageable proportions
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A further note on Victor's improbable career: when he is not creating life in the lab, or necromancing with mummy DNA, he apparently vivisects chimpanzees.
    • I've heard from another source about the vivisected dog story.
    • Have we the right to make experiments on animals and vivisect them?
    • It may be ethically objectionable to vivisect animals, or pursue profits at the expense of nature and community, but it is usually legal.
    • We teach them how to take living things and vivisect them.
    Synonyms
    anatomize, cut up, cut open, lay open, dismember

Origin

Mid 19th century: back-formation from vivisection.

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