shoot

shoot和shoot at所表达的含义不同:shoot表示射中、射伤或射死; 而shoot at表示瞄准向某人或某物射击,但不一定射中。

这两个词都可指“投射”,都强调起动的突然性。dart侧重起动后运动的快速与笔直,而shoot侧重运动的持续和延伸。

这组词都有“杀(死)”的意思。它们的区别是：

1.kill是一般用语,指任何致死的行动,不能表示“杀而未死”; murder主要指用非法手段蓄意地、有预谋地杀害某人; shoot专指用枪打死或用非法手段暗杀某人,本词有“打(杀)而未必死”之义,故若强调“打(杀)死”时需要其他词的辅助,常见的结构有:

shoot...and kill..., shoot...to death, shoot...dead等; hang特指“绞死或吊死”。例如:

She killed him with a hammer.她用铁锤砸死了他。

He was murdered by his brother.他被他哥哥谋杀了。

He shot a lion with his rifle.他用步枪打中一头狮子。

He was hanged for murder.他因杀人而被绞死。

2.kill的宾语可以用于人,也可用于动物、植物; shoot的宾语可以用于人,也可用于动物; murder, hang的宾语只用于人,不能用于动物、植物。例如:

The frost killed the flowers.严霜使花枯死。

He shot a bird and killed it.他打中了一只鸟,并且把它打死了。

She murdered her husband.她谋杀了她的丈夫。

He hanged himself in sorrow after his wife died. 他妻子死后,他在悲痛之下吊死了。