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assassinateas·sas·si·nate /əˈsæsəneɪt / verb [transitive] to kill a famous or important person for money or for political reasons（为金钱或政治目的）暗杀，行刺➨ WHICH WORD？词语辨析Murder means to kill a person on purpose. * murder 指蓄意杀害、谋杀This was no accident. The old lady was murdered.这绝不是意外，老太太是被谋杀的。Assassinate means to kill for political reasons. * assassinate 指为政治原因刺杀、暗杀President Kennedy was assassinated.肯尼迪总统被刺杀。Slaughter and massacre mean to kill a large number of people. * slaughter 和 massacre 指大规模屠杀Hundreds of people were massacred when the army opened fire on the crowd.军队向人群开枪，数百人遭到屠杀。▸ as·sas·si·na·tion /əˌsæsəˈneɪʃn / noun [countable, uncountable] ◆an assassination attempt暗杀企图 |