mindmap root((屠杀)) massacre implies promiscuous and wholesale slaying, especially of those not in a position to defend themselves: arrived in time to view the aftermath of the ~.（wholesale有2个意思 1、批发the selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others大量卖货物供人零售，如I am in the wholesale trade我做批发生意，如the retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail零售商批发购进货物以零售价卖出，可以作动词如a product that wholesales at/for 10 dollars a pound那种商品批发价10元一磅，book wholesaler图书批发商 2、大批大规模on a large scale，如a wholesale slaughter大屠杀，wholesale westernization全盘西化，如菊与刀中in the seventh century, Japan adopted Buddhism wholesale from China as a religion公元7世纪日本从中国全盘引进佛教） slaughter implies extensive and ruthless killing as in a battle or a massacre: went meekly, like lambs to the ~. butchery adds to slaughter the implication of exceeding cruelty and complete disregard of the sufferings of the victims: barbarians engaged in savage ~ of the conquered people. carnage stresses bloodshed and great loss of life: saw scenes of the crash and attendant ~. pogrom describes an organized massacre and looting of defenseless people, carried on usually with official connivance: a governmentally sanctioned ~ against other ethnic groups.