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单词 assassin
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assassin

noun
/əˈsæsɪn/
/əˈsæsn/
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  1. a person who murders somebody important or famous, for money or for political reasons
    • a hired/professional assassin
    • He was killed by a hired assassin.
    • They hired a professional assassin to do the job for them.
    Topics War and conflictc1, Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • attempted
    • would-be
    • hired
    verb + assassin
    • hire
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from medieval Latin assassinus, from Arabic ḥašīšī ‘hashish-eater’.
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