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martyr

noun
🔊/ˈmɑːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈmɑːrtər/
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  1. a person who is killed because of their religious or political beliefs殉道者；烈士
    • the early Christian martyrs早期基督教殉道者
    • Putting him to death would only make him a martyr.处死他只会让他成为烈士。
    • martyr to something a martyr to the cause of freedom为了自由事业而献身的烈士
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • early
    • glorious
    • holy
    • …
    verb + martyr
    • make somebody
    preposition
    • martyr to
    phrases
    • die a martyr
    • a martyr’s death
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  2. (usually disapproving) a person who tries to get sympathy from other people by telling them how much he or she is suffering乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）
    • He makes a martyr of himself whenever it’s his turn to do the housework.每当轮到他做家务的时候，他都会成为自己的烈士。
    • Stop playing the martyr.别再扮可怜了。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + martyr
    • play
    phrases
    • make a martyr of yourself
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  3. martyr to something (informal) a person who suffers very much because of an illness, problem or situation（因疾病或困难局面）长期受苦者，长期受折磨者
    • She's a martyr to her nerves.她长期忍受神经紧张之苦。🔊🔊
    • I feel like a martyr to this vacuum cleaner.我对这款吸尘器感到道。
    4. Word OriginOld English martir, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek martur ‘witness’ (in Christian use, ‘martyr’).

martyr

verb
🔊/ˈmɑːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈmɑːrtər/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they martyr
🔊/ˈmɑːtə(r)/
🔊/ˈmɑːrtər/
he / she / it martyrs
🔊/ˈmɑːtəz/
🔊/ˈmɑːrtərz/
past simple martyred
🔊/ˈmɑːtəd/
🔊/ˈmɑːrtərd/
past participle martyred
🔊/ˈmɑːtəd/
🔊/ˈmɑːrtərd/
-ing form martyring
🔊/ˈmɑːtərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈmɑːrtərɪŋ/
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  1. to kill somebody because of their religious or political beliefs（因宗教或政治信仰）使殉难，处死
    • be martyred (for something) Many first-century Christians were martyred for their faith.许多一世纪的基督徒因信仰而殉难。
    Word OriginOld English martir, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek martur ‘witness’ (in Christian use, ‘martyr’).