crucify

动词 crucify:

1. kill by nailing onto a cross
2. treat cruelly
   同义词：torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate
3. criticize harshly or violently
   同义词：savage, pillory

1. Christ was crucified on a crucifix.
   基督被钉死在十字架上。
2. The minister was crucified by the press for his handling of the affair.
   部长对此事的处理方法受到新闻界的严厉批评。

cru.ci.fy

v.tr.（及物动词）
cru.ci.fied,cru.ci.fy.ing,cru.ci.fies
To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross.
处死：把…钉在或绑在十字架上处死
To mortify or subdue (the flesh).
抑制肉体，克制肉体
To treat cruelly; torment:
残酷对待；折磨：
例句：
a candidate who was crucified by the press.
受新闻界抵制的候选人

来源：
Middle English crucifien
中古英语 crucifien
from Old French crucifier
源自 古法语 crucifier
alteration of Latin crucifogere
拉丁语 crucifogere的变化
crux cruc- [cross]
crux cruc- [十字架]
fogere [to attach] * see dhog w-
fogere [依附] *参见 dhog w-

【引伸】
cru.cifi.er
n.（名词）