assassin

/əˈsæsɪn/ (bre, ipa) · /əˈsæsn/ (ame, ipa) · /ə-ˈsa-sᵊn/ (ame, mw)

assassin — 名詞

  • assassinsingular
  • assassinsplural

1. someone who plans the killing of a public leader or other high-profile figure, o

1.名詞B2
釋義

刺客；暗殺者

受雇或出於政治目的刺殺要人的人

someone who plans the killing of a public leader or other high-profile figure, often for payment or political aims.

例句

The assassin waited on the hotel roof before the president arrived.

總統抵達前，那名刺客守在飯店屋頂上。

typical target: a president or leader

Police arrested the assassin after the mayor's bodyguards recognized him.

市長的保鑣認出那名暗殺者後，警方隨即逮捕了他。

同義詞
  • hitman

    more informal and strongly suggests being hired for payment

  • murderer

    broader term for anyone who commits murder; it does not imply an important target

  • killer

    very general and much less specific about motive or target

反義詞
  • bodyguard

    someone employed to protect an important person from attack

用法筆記

Usually refers to a planned attack on an important target, not an ordinary killing in a private argument.

常見錯誤

❌The police caught the assassin who killed his neighbor in a fight.
✅The police caught the murderer who killed his neighbor in a fight.
💡'assassin' usually suggests a planned killing of an important target, not an ordinary personal dispute.

2. a follower of the Shia Muslim sect that became feared in the Crusades for secret

2.名詞C1
釋義

阿薩辛派教徒

十字軍時期以暗殺聞名的什葉派教團成員

a follower of the Shia Muslim sect that became feared in the Crusades for secret attacks on powerful enemies.

例句

The history book describes an assassin from the sect entering the enemy camp.

那本史書描述一名阿薩辛派教徒潛入敵營。

historical sense: member of a sect

During the Crusades, people feared the assassins because of their secret attacks.

十字軍時期，人們害怕那些阿薩辛派教徒，因為他們常秘密行刺。

用法筆記

Historical sense only. It names members of a particular sect during the Crusades, not modern hired killers.