assassin

Word family

as·sas·sin /əˈsæsɪn/ noun [countableC]

KILLsomeone who murders an important person 暗杀者，刺客

Kennedy’s assassin is assumed to have been Lee Harvey Oswald.

暗杀肯尼迪的人据说是李·哈维·奥斯瓦尔德。

Examples from the Corpus

assassin• The would-be assassin was a member of the presidential bodyguard and of the elite Revolutionary Guard.• His assassins must have been aware of his security arrangements.• Professional assassins are going to stab somebody over and over again and leave all this evidence besides?• The danger from the footpad, the silent assassin, was always present, here in his church or across the river.• Although the assassins were never caught, it is commonly believed that they were working for the government.• The assassin had planned to shoot Park in the lobby of the theater, but failed to get an unobstructed view.• Whoever had sent these assassins had completely underestimated the fat knight.

Origin assassin

(1500-1600) Medieval Latin assassinus, from Arabic hashshashin “one who smokes hashish (and then kills religious enemies)”, from hashish

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TOEFL BNC: 9149 COCA: 8830

assassin

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + ASSASSIN

ADJECTIVE

➤attempted, would-be行刺未遂的刺客；暗殺未遂者

▸➤hired, professional雇用的刺客；職業刺客

◇He was killed by a hired assassin.他被人雇兇殺害。

➤trained訓練有素的刺客

➤deadly置人於死地的刺客

VERB + ASSASSIN

➤hire雇用刺客

TOEFL BNC: 9149 COCA: 8830

assassin noun
⇨ killer

TOEFL BNC: 9149 COCA: 8830

assassin

People who kill: killer, murderer, assassin...