assassination
翻译
暗杀
例句
The assassination of the president shocked the world.
总统遇刺事件震惊了世界。
There was an assassination attempt on the prime minister.
有人企图暗杀首相。
语法模式
((the assassination of sb.)) 对（某人）的暗杀 The assassination of the president shocked the world.
((an assassination attempt)) 暗杀企图 There was an assassination attempt on the prime minister.
近义词
Synonyms: murder, killing, execution
词源
由“assassin”（刺客）加上表示行为或过程的后缀“-ation”构成。
记忆技巧
后缀“-ation”表示行为。所以，这是“assassin”（刺客）的行为。