assassination是什么意思？

assassination

英[əˌsæsɪ'neɪʃn] 美[əˌsæsɪ'neɪʃn]

• n. 暗杀；

复数：assassinations;

动词：assassinate;

例句

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• The leader's assassination led to political convulsions, eg an attempt at revolution. 领导人遇剌引起了政治动乱.
• A full-scale character assassination of the dead woman got underway in the tabloid press. 小报上开始了对那位已故女士全方位的人身攻击。
• They are already serving prison sentences for their part in the assassination. 他们因参与这起刺杀已经开始在监狱服刑了。
• They are already serving prison sentences for their part in the assassination... 他们因参与这起刺杀已经开始在监狱服刑了。
• He was responding to reports of an assassination plot against him. 他正就有关针对他的暗杀阴谋的报道作出回应。
• The killing had the hallmarks of a professional assassination... 这起谋杀案具有职业暗杀的特征。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  行刺;暗杀
  When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
  例句
  Would the USA be radically different today if Kennedy had not been assassinated?... 如果肯尼迪没有被暗杀，今天的美国会有根本性的不同吗？ The plot to assassinate Martin Luther King had started long before he was actually killed. 刺杀马丁·路德·金的计划在实施前酝酿已久。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
  2. murder of a public figure by surprise attack