reinterment(名词):把遗体或遗骸重新安葬/再下葬(通常指迁葬到新墓地、重新举行安葬仪式,或在调查后再次埋葬)。该词较正式,常见于法律、历史、考古与纪实写作中。
/ˌriːɪnˈtɝːrmənt/
The family requested the reinterment of his remains in their hometown cemetery.
家人请求将他的遗骸在家乡公墓重新安葬。
After the excavation and forensic examination, the authorities ordered the reinterment of the unidentified bones, while historians debated how the new burial site would reshape public memory.
在发掘与法医检验结束后,当局下令将这些身份不明的骨骸重新安葬;与此同时,历史学家讨论新的安葬地点将如何重塑公众记忆。
由 re-(“再次、重新”)+ interment(“安葬、埋葬”)构成。interment 来自动词 inter(埋葬),其更早可追溯到拉丁语 in(进入)+ terra(土地),本义与“入土为安”相关。