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单词

assassination

读音
əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃn
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词根

"Assassination" 的词根是 "Assassin",它源自阿拉伯语,原意是"吸食大麻的人",因为在历史上有一些刺客行刺时为麻醉自己而使用大麻。

释义

n. 暗杀,行刺 [ 复数 assassinations ]

例句

The bombing was in revenge for the assassination.
爆炸事件是对暗杀行为的报复。
The president survived a number of assassination attempts.
总统在数次暗杀企图中幸免于难。
The assassination of the president precipitated the country into war.
总统被暗杀使国家骤然陷入战争状态。

强化记忆

为了帮助记忆,我们可以看看"Assassination"的内部。它有两个相同的部分"assin",重复的部分可以帮助我们更好地记忆这个词。"Assassination" 这个词在16世纪开始出现在英语中,它经常用来描述针对特定重要人物的预谋杀害。

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ultimately resulting in the foreign leader's death.Would this cyber assassinationconstitute an act of war?
These guys hacked into Fox News' Twitter accountto announce President Obama's assassination.Now you can imagine the panic that would have generated
to think beyond perhapsthe assassination of Benazir Bhutto.Which means, by definition,
Which meant that our allies and their familieswere at risk of Taliban assassinationbecause the US couldn't stamp their passports quickly enough.
Much of the public wasn’t fooled by the flimsy coverup.The international community condemned the assassination.And the U.S. closed its Dominican embassy
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