柯林斯詞典assassin /??s?s?n/ (assassins) 1. N-COUNT An assassin is a person who assassinates someone. 殺手 He saw the shooting and memorized the licence plate of the assassin's car. 他目睹了那起槍擊事件并且記住了殺手的車牌。 返回 assassin劍橋詞典someone who kills a famous or important person , usually for political reasons or in exchange for money （通常為政治目的或錢殺死名人或重要人物的）暗殺者，行刺者，刺客 John Lennon's assassin was Mark Chapman. 刺殺約翰?列儂的人是馬克?查普曼。 She hired an assassin to eliminate her rival . 她雇用刺客來除掉她的對(duì)手。 例句 The assassination could do serious damage to the fragile peace agreement that was signed last month .The assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand started off the first World War.President Kennedy's assassination had far-reaching repercussions .The assassination was reported in all the newspapers .The book describes the train of events that led up to the assassination . 返回 assassin