inter

Compared meaning: to put a body in the ground (verb).

比较义项：埋葬（把遗体放入地下并掩埋）（动词）。

• bury

  Bury is the everyday, neutral word for putting a body in the ground; it also covers burying objects, and works equally in casual and formal speech.

  bury是日常、中性的用词，指把遗体埋入地下；它也可以指埋藏物品，在口语和正式场合都能使用。

  They buried her in the small churchyard behind the chapel.

  他们把她葬在教堂后面的小墓地里。

• inter 本词

  Inter is a formal, literary word used only for burying a human body, often in the passive voice; it is common in obituaries and ceremonial writing, rarely in casual speech.

  inter是正式、文学化的用词，只用于埋葬人的遗体，常用被动语态；多见于讣告和仪式性文字中，口语中很少使用。

  He was interred with full military honors at the national cemetery.

  他以全套军礼被安葬在国家公墓。

Bury and inter both mean to put a body in the ground. Bury is the everyday word; its other sense, burying objects like a bone, is not compared. Inter is formal and literary, used only for human burial, often passive, common in obituaries.

这两个词在“埋葬遗体”这个意义上很接近，但语体不同：bury是日常常用词，既可以指埋葬遗体，也可以指埋藏物品；inter则是正式、书面色彩很强的词，通常只用于郑重地安葬遗体，常见于讣告或仪式性场合，且多用被动语态。这里不比较bury的另一个义项“埋藏”（把物体埋起来，如狗埋骨头）。