1610s, from past participle stem of Medieval Latin assassinare (see assassin). Of reputations, characters, etc., from 1620s. Related: Assassinated; assassinating.
权威例句
1. At the entry for " kill " , my thesaurus lists " murder " , " assassinate " and " waste " .
我的同义词词典在kill条目中列出murder, assassinate, waste 词条.
2. The intelligence service conceived a grand design to assassinate the War Minister.
情报机构策划了一项暗杀陆军部长的重大计划。
3. The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.
警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋.
4. A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.
暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了.
5. He was executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate the tsar.