Word · Frequency #9149
assassin
刺客；暗杀者
核心释义
A person who intentionally kills someone, especially a public or political figure, often by a surprise attack and hired for the job.
- 1.
刺客；暗杀者(尤指职业性地暗杀公众或政治人物的人)。
Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.
- 2.
刺客(尤其是通过突然袭击杀害知名政治人物的人),通常受雇执行任务
a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
- 3.
残忍的杀手；冷血杀手。
Any ruthless killer.
- 4.
一个秘密穆斯林组织的成员(成立于12世纪),他们恐吓并杀害基督教十字军
a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
冷酷的杀手；残忍的杀人者；阿萨辛派成员；刺客；暗杀者(尤指职业性地暗杀公众或政治人物的人)。；刺客(尤其是通过突然袭击杀害知名政治人物的人),通常受雇执行任务；残忍的杀手；冷血杀手。
用法In use
The king's guards captured the assassin before he could strike.
用法提示：句中"assassin"为名词，指暗杀者。
Historical novels often feature secret assassins hired by rival factions.
用法提示："assassins"为名词复数，指多名刺客。
In the movie, the assassin used a sniper rifle to kill his target from a distance.
用法提示："assassin"为名词，指职业杀手。
his assassins were hunted down like animals
an assassin
assassin 是可数名词，常与不定冠词连用。
He was an assassin.
他是一名刺客。
assassin of [person]
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- hired assassin
- 雇佣刺客
- The king was killed by a hired assassin.国王被一名雇佣刺客杀害。
- political assassin
- 政治刺客
- The political assassin targeted the senator.这名政治刺客瞄准了参议员。
- skilled assassin
- 技术高超的刺客
- The assassin was highly skilled and left no trace.那名刺客技术高超，没有留下任何痕迹。
- would-be assassin
- 未遂刺客
- The would-be assassin was apprehended before reaching the president.那名未遂刺客在接近总统前被抓获。
- professional assassin
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：ass（驴）+ sin（罪），一头犯罪的驴成了刺客（assassin），偷偷暗杀。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：politics、history、crime 通常用于正式或中性语境，多见于政治、历史或犯罪相关话题中，偶尔也可在游戏、影视等非正式场景使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为assassins
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Basin shares the same final unstressed /sən/ as assassin. Cousin and raisin have a voiced /zən/ instead. Vitamin ends with /ɪn/ or /ən/, not /sən/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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