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assassinate sb
通常指暗杀政治人物或公众人物。
The plot to assassinate the president was foiled.
暗杀总统的阴谋被挫败了。
暗杀；行刺
assassinating — present participle of assassinate
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
暗杀；行刺
to murder someone, especially a socially prominent person
The plot to assassinate the president was foiled.
暗杀总统的阴谋被挫败了。
暗杀,尤指出于意识形态或政治原因而突袭杀害重要人物。
To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons.
严重伤害、毁坏或诽谤；或以背叛、诽谤、污蔑或暗箭摧毁。
To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.
assassinate
Base
原形
assassinates
3rd person
第三人称单数
assassinating
-ing
现在分词
assassinated
Past
过去式
assassinated
Past participle
过去分词
In this story, the villain assassinates the king.
在这个故事里，反派暗杀国王。
The agent assassinated the general last week.
这名特工上周暗杀了将军。
They have assassinated three leaders this year.
他们今年已经暗杀了三位领导人。
规则动词：assassinate – assassinated – assassinated。
Police have uncovered a plot to assassinate the visiting leader.
警方发现了一个暗杀来访领导人的阴谋。
The general was assassinated by a sniper on the palace roof.
将军被藏身王宫屋顶的狙击手暗杀了。
In the film, the spies are assassinating a famous journalist who knows too much.
电影里，间谍们正在暗杀一位知道得太多的著名记者。
通常指暗杀政治人物或公众人物。
The plot to assassinate the president was foiled.
暗杀总统的阴谋被挫败了。
引申义，指恶意诋毁或严重损害名誉，而非字面意义上的杀害。
The newspaper tried to assassinate his reputation with false stories.
那家报纸试图用虚假报道诋毁他的声誉。
Not this
The spy assassination the general.
Use this
The spy assassinated the general.
assassination 是名词，不能作谓语动词；这里需要用动词的过去式 assassinated。
Not this
The armed man assassinated a passerby.
Use this
The armed man killed a passerby.
assassinate 特指暗杀政要或公众人物，对象是普通路人时应用 kill 或 murder，以免词义范围误用。
Not this
The leader was assassinate by a gunman.
Use this
The leader was assassinated by a gunman.
被动语态要用 be + 过去分词；assassinate 的过去分词是 assassinated，不能漏掉词尾 -d。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
暗杀总统
They hired a gunman to assassinate the president.
他们雇了一名枪手去暗杀总统。
暗杀政治领袖
He was accused of conspiring to assassinate a political leader.
他被指控密谋暗杀一位政治领袖。
密谋暗杀
The police uncovered a plot to assassinate the ambassador.
警方发现了一个暗杀大使的阴谋。
企图暗杀
The attacker attempted to assassinate the prime minister.
袭击者企图暗杀首相。
诋毁某人的品行
The article seemed designed to assassinate her character.
那篇文章似乎意在诋毁她的人格。
诋毁某人的品格
The tabloids tried to assassinate her character with false stories.
八卦小报试图用虚假报道诋毁她的品格。
败坏某人的名声
He used the debate to assassinate his opponent's reputation.
他利用这场辩论来败坏对手的名声。
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联想 assassin（刺客）加 ate（吃）：刺客把目标一口‘吃’掉，即暗杀。
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、历史叙述、正式讨论 assassinate 通常用于正式或新闻语境，指暗杀重要人物（如政治领袖）；日常口语中较少使用。若表示“诋毁（名声）”，也属于较书面的用法。
Genuine rhyme: fascinate shares the stressed-vowel-plus-ending /æsɪneɪt/ with assassinate. Lookalikes that do NOT rhyme: assassin (ends /-ɪn/), assess (ends /-es/), passionate (its '-ate' is pronounced /-ət/), and vaccinate and hesitate (their '-ate' is /-eɪt/, but the preceding consonant differs, so they are not rhymes).
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