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a/an (adj) hitman
hitman是可数名词，可受形容词修饰。
He was a ruthless hitman.
他是一个冷酷的职业杀手。
职业杀手
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
职业杀手
hitman
He was a ruthless hitman.
他是一个冷酷的职业杀手。
男性职业杀手,尤其是受黑手党雇佣的
A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.
进球者；得分的人
A goalscorer; someone who scores goals.
The detective spent months trying to find the hitman who had been hired for the job.
侦探花了几个月时间试图找到那个受雇执行任务的职业杀手。
Police believe the victim was killed by a professional hitman.
警方认为受害者是被一名职业杀手杀害的。
The two hitmen were arrested outside the hotel before they could act.
那两名职业杀手还没来得及行动，就在酒店外被捕了。
hitman是可数名词，可受形容词修饰。
He was a ruthless hitman.
他是一个冷酷的职业杀手。
常搭配表示执行任务的动词。
The hitman carried out the assassination.
该职业杀手执行了暗杀任务。
表示职业身份。
He worked as a hitman for the mob.
他为黑手党当职业杀手。
Not this
The organization hired many hitmans.
Use this
The organization hired many hitmen.
hitman的复数形式是不规则变化hitmen，而不是加-s。
Not this
He is hitman.
Use this
He is a hitman.
英语中可数名词单数形式前需要加冠词，'hitman'是可数名词，所以应为'a hitman'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
雇佣职业杀手
The businessman was arrested for trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife.
这名商人因试图雇佣职业杀手杀害妻子而被捕。
黑手党职业杀手
He worked as a mafia hitman for ten years before he was arrested.
他做了十年黑手党职业杀手，直到被捕。
职业杀手
The killer was a professional hitman, so he left no evidence.
凶手是职业杀手，所以没有留下任何证据。
高产射手
The club's prolific hitman has scored 20 goals in his last 15 games.
俱乐部的高产射手在最近15场比赛中打进了20球。
英格兰射手
The England hitman is expected to lead the attack in the World Cup final.
这位英格兰射手预计将在世界杯决赛中领衔锋线。
你是职业杀手吗？
A famous line from the 1994 film Léon: The Professional (also known as The Professional), where the young girl Mathilda asks the title character, a professional contract killer, about his job.
这是1994年电影《这个杀手不太冷》中的一句著名台词，小女孩马蒂尔达问男主角（一名职业杀手）的职业。
Use hitman naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
拆分 hit（击）+ man（人）：受雇去“击”目标的人，就是职业杀手。
语域：mixed 常见场景：新闻报道、犯罪题材影视、体育评论 该词有两个常见含义：指‘职业杀手’时多用于新闻报道、犯罪题材影视或口语，语气比 contract killer 随意；指‘进球者’时常见于体育报道，属于较非正式的说法。正式写作中建议选用更正式的词语。
Words that match hitman's final -man /mæn/ sound: gunman, conman, superman, businessman (AmE). Beware lookalikes spelled with -man but pronounced with reduced /mən/: postman, spokesman.
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