assassination

英 [əˌsæsɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]

美 [əˌsæsɪ'neɪʃ(ə)n]

n.  暗杀；刺杀，行刺

复数：assassinations　

IELTS法律

BNC.7855 / COCA.5434

柯林斯词典

• VERB 行刺;暗杀
  When someone importantis assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
  1. 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？
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• murder of a public figure by surprise attack
• an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
  Synonym:character assassinationblackwash

双语例句

• We cannot rule out the involvement of reactionary sections within the state apparatus in this assassination.
  在这一暗杀事件中，我们不能排除国家机器中的反动势力的卷入。
• There is a breakdown of law and order following the assassination of the president.
  在总统被刺杀后出现了法律和秩序崩溃。
• 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。
• Someone has ordered your father's assassination.
  有人下了命令，暗杀你父亲。
• One assassination attempt was directed against the country's top three government leaders.
  有一次未遂的暗杀行动是针对该国的3名最高层领导人而来的。
• Thank you. now, let's discuss this assassination in kazakhstan.
  谢谢，现在我们来讨论下在哈萨克斯坦的暗杀事件。
• Hypocrisy, double-dealing, innuendo and character assassination.
  伪善、欺骗、影射和诽谤。
• I have information concerning the assassination of chairman farad.
  我有和farad主席暗杀事件有关的情报。
• 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 exhibition This time, they give an armed uprising scale, but develop guerrilla and assassination.
  这次，他们放弃大规模武装起义，而是开展游击战和暗杀行动。