Assassinate
[ə'sæsɪneɪt] or [ə'sæsn'et]
解释:
(verb.) destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; 'He assassinated his enemy's character'.
(verb.) murder; especially of socially prominent persons; 'Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel'.
整理:尼古拉斯--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
(v. t.) To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
(n.) An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
(n.) An assassin.
校对:马蒂
同义词及近义词：
v. a. Kill (by secret assault), murder, slay, despatch.
詹妮整理
例句:
- I think I should assassinate him, Bob. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- And also to do away with me you have to assassinate me and, for this, you have not _cojones_. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He sent swift messengers to assassinate the old man before he could hear of his son's death! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- That is to assassinate. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- And if they are unable to expel him, or to get him condemned to death by a public accusation, they conspire to assassinate him. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- It was built by Jean Sans-Peur, Duke of Burgundy, to set his conscience at rest--he had assassinated the Duke of Orleans. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- There is little doubt that he would have been assassinated if he had attempted to travel openly throughout his journey. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Finally (44 B.C.) he was assassinated by a group of his own friends and supporters, to whom these divine aspirations had become intolerable. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was assassinated. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- We necessarily visited the Forum, where Caesar was assassinated, and also the Tarpeian Rock. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- They are not assassinated. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- That somebody was assassinated by somebody vindicating a difference of opinion was the likeliest occurrence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
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