【assassin】 - A-level备考词汇

assassin

UK:  [ə'sæsɪn]

US:  [ə'sæsɪn]

复数：assassins  

n.

1.刺客,凶手

1 . Jean Valjean began to comprehend. Thenardier took him for an assassin.
冉阿让开始懂了，德纳第以为他是一个凶手。

2 . I later realized the word Creed existed and was used by a music group and a video game I eventually worked on (Assassin's Creed).
后来我发现一个单词“Creed（信条）”，有个同名乐团，另外我参与制作了游戏“刺客信条”。

3 . And on Thursday, a man I was interviewing was struck in the head by an assassin's bullet and collapsed at my feet.
而在周四，一位正在接受我采访的男士突然被子弹射中了头部，径直倒毙在我的脚下。

4 . This was the policy he was prepared to carry through when an assassin's bullet put an end to his noble ideal.
当他准备加以实施这项政策时，一个刺客的枪弹结束了他的崇高理想。

5 . 'Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth. '
“参议员先生，要是我能决定的话，我建议组成一支暗杀队将他和他的追随者们从地球上清除。”