英语词汇“assassination”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

assassination

释义

assassination|əˌsæsɪˈneɪʃən|
[n. of action f. assassinate (or its L. or F. original): see -tion. Fr. has assassinat.]
The action of assassinating; the taking the life of any one by treacherous violence, esp. by a hired emissary, or one who has taken upon him to execute the deed.
1605Shakes. Macb. i. vii. 2 If th' Assassination Could trammell vp the Consequence, and catch With his surcease, Successe.a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. I. i. 22 The Duke finished his course, by a wicked Assassination.1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 660 The English regard assassination..with a loathing peculiar to themselves.
b. fig. Cf. ‘killing.’
1800Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) I. 136 Company is assembled for the assassination of time.

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