Word · Frequency #11958
assassinating
暗杀；行刺
assassinating is the present participle of assassinate.
to murder someone, especially a socially prominent person
- 1.
To murder someone, especially an important person, by a sudden or obscure attack, especially for ideological or political reasons.
暗杀,尤指出于意识形态或政治原因而突袭杀害重要人物。
- 2.
To harm, ruin, or defame severely or destroy by treachery, slander, libel, or obscure attack.
严重伤害、毁坏或诽谤；或以背叛、诽谤、污蔑或暗箭摧毁。
诋毁；中伤；暗杀,尤指出于意识形态或政治原因而突袭杀害重要人物。；严重伤害、毁坏或诽谤；或以背叛、诽谤、污蔑或暗箭摧毁。；暗杀；行刺；[法] 暗杀
In use
Police have uncovered a plot to assassinate the visiting leader.
The general was assassinated by a sniper on the palace roof.
In the film, the spies are assassinating a famous journalist who knows too much.
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。
assassinate sb's reputation/character
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。
Verb forms
base assassinate · third person assassinates · -ing assassinating · past assassinated · past participle assassinated
规则动词：assassinate – assassinated – assassinated。
Connections
Collocations
- assassinate a president
- 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。
- assassinate a political leader
- 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。
- plot to assassinate
- 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。
- attempt to assassinate
- 企图暗杀
- The attacker attempted to assassinate the prime minister.袭击者企图暗杀首相。
- assassinate someone's character
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 assassin（刺客）加 ate（吃）：刺客把目标一口‘吃’掉，即暗杀。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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