assassin

英 [əˈsæsɪn]

美 [əˈsæsn]

n.  (为金钱或政治目的的)暗杀者，行刺者

复数：assassins　

TOEFLTEM4TEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.9149 / COCA.8830

牛津词典

noun

• （为金钱或政治目的的）暗杀者，行刺者
  a person who murders sb important or famous, for money or for political reasons

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 暗杀者；刺客
  Anassassinis a person who assassinates someone.
  1. He saw the shooting and memorised the number of the assassin's car.
     他目睹了枪击过程并记住了刺客的车牌号码。

英英释义

noun

• a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
  1. his assassins were hunted down like animals
  2. assassinators of kings and emperors
  Synonym:assassinatorbravo
• a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

双语例句

• There isn't one assassin, there are three.
  刺客不是有一个，而是三个。
• I know, but we also want to catch this assassin, don't we, master?
  我知道，但我们不是要抓住这个刺客吗，师父？
• I am not risking my whole life on the'Ninja Assassin.
  我不能拿我的一辈子冒险的赌在'忍者刺客'。
• I was there when the assassin confessed.
  刺客招供的时候，我也在场。
• She was hit by an assassin's bullet.
  她被刺客的子弹击中。
• John lennon's assassin was Mark chapman.
  刺杀约翰列侬的人是马克查普曼。
• If I was a police officer rather than an assassin.
  如果我是警察而不是杀手。
• He is the assassin, he is the man or woman whom you have hired to completely dismantle you.
  他是个杀手，是你雇来摧毁自己的男人或女人。
• A room helped a famous assassin. A road witnessed an assassination of president.
  一间房成全了一位著名的刺客，一条路见证了一位总统的死亡。
• It could have been relatively simple for an assassin to have mingled with them in order to get close enough to shoot the new president.
  或许，暗杀者可以采取先混在人群当中，然后靠近这位新总统的策略。相对而言，这比枪杀他还容易一些。