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小词详解 | assassinate
assassinate 英 [əˈsæsɪneɪt] 美 [əˈsæsɪneɪt]
Counterfactual “what if” thinking may be an enjoyable pastime for historians—“What if Hitler had been assassinated?” being one favourite—but is not common among underwriters.
思考反事实的假设问题对历史学家来说也许是种愉快的消遣——“如果希特勒被暗杀了会怎样?”就是他们最喜欢琢磨的问题之一,但保险公司往往不会这样思考。
——《经济学人》While Vice President, Nixon allegedly organized an ill-fated covert plan to assassinate Fidel Castro.
据说尼克松担任副总统时,曾策划了一桩注定失败的刺杀卡斯特罗的秘密计划。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 出于政治或宗教原因而在突然袭击中谋杀(某个重要人物)
他刺杀总统的计划全乱了套。
All his plans to assassinate the president had gone awry.
I don't believe I could bear her vaporings three times a day and, moreover, I believe Uncle Peter would assassinate me before he would let me live under the sacred Hamilton roof.
一天到晚听她嚷嚷三回,我可受不了。还有,彼得大叔就是把我杀了,也不会让我住进神圣的汉密尔顿家的房子。
murder: kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation eliminate: murder (a rival or political opponent) slaughter: kill (people or animals) in a cruel or violent way, typically in large numbers