vivisection

vivisection
noun
  1. [mass noun]the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research (used only by people who are opposed to such work)
    活体解剖（仅为反对活体解剖者用语）
    ■(figurative)ruthlessly sharp and detailed criticism or analysis
    (喻)尖刻而细致入微的批评（或分析）
    the vivisection of America's seamy underbelly.
    对美国丑恶、阴暗面的尖锐细致剖析。
派生
vivisectionist
( & )
noun& adjective
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: from Latin vivus 'living', on the pattern of dissection
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