词汇精选：assassinate的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

暗杀，行刺 [T]

例句：

The police have captured the man who tried to assassinate the ambassador.

警方已逮捕企图暗杀大使的人。

例句：

He has accused opposition parties of hatching a plot to assassinate the Pope.

他指控反对党密谋暗杀教皇。

二、词义辨析：

kill,murder,slaughter,massacre,assassinate,execute

这些动词均有“杀，杀死”之意。kill普通用词，含义广泛，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。murder指谋杀或凶杀。slaughter本义指大批宰杀动物，也指像屠宰牲畜一样一次杀死许多人。massacre语气比slaughter强。指大屠杀，尤指屠杀失去了自卫能力的人。assassinate通常指因政治原因用非法手段杀害政治领袖人物或短名人士。execute指依法处死罪犯。

三、参考例句：

Perhaps they intend to assassinate me.

也许他们是想行刺我。

a plot to assassinate the president

一个刺杀总统的阴谋

They were plotting how they would assassinate the president.

他们正秘密策划将如何暗杀总统。

The police have uncovered a plot to assassinate the president.

警方已揭露了一个行刺总统的阴谋。

The angry man was going to assassinate the king.

这个愤怒的人准备刺杀国王。

The police have captured the man who tried to assassinate the ambassador.

警方已逮捕企图暗杀大使的人。

He has accused opposition parties of hatching a plot to assassinate the pope.

他曾指责各反对党策划阴谋暗杀教皇。

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。

He has accused opposition parties of hatching a plot to assassinate the Pope.

他指控反对党密谋暗杀教皇。