单词 | bloodletting |
释义 | bloodletting UK ['blʌdˌlet.ɪŋ] US [-ˌletˌ-] noun uncountable formal ■killing and violence, especially between enemy groups involved in an argument that has existed for a long time 流血;杀戮,大屠杀 •ethnic bloodletting种族大屠杀 [S or U] ■when a company reduces the number of people working for it 裁员 •EWS carried out further bloodletting by sacking senior employees, but has acquired a new chief executive.EWS 公司…透过解雇老职员来进一步裁员,但聘用了一位新主管。 uncountable ■in the past, a medical treatment in which blood was taken from a person who was ill (旧时的)放血疗法 |
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