assassinate
单词辨析：
普通用词，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
His wife was killed in a car accident.
他的妻子在一次车祸中丧生。
The president was killed on his way to the office.
总统在上班路上被杀了。
主要指出于政治原因采用非法手段杀害重要人物或知名人士。
The police have uncovered a plot to assassinate the president.
警方已破获一起暗杀总统的阴谋。
Terrorists are plotting to assassinate the presidential candidate.
恐怖分子在密谋暗杀这位总统候选人。
指蓄意杀害某人。
The housekeeper was murdered last night.
昨天夜里管家被谋杀了。
He was convicted of murdering a policewoman.
他被判谋杀一名女警察的罪名成立。
指残酷地杀害某人，尤用于新闻报道中。
Three passengers were slain by the hijackers.
3名乘客被劫机者杀害。
Several visitors were brutally slain yesterday.
昨天有数名游客惨遭杀害。
相关例句：
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。
How can you assassinate a president of the United States in front of the entire world?
你怎么能在全世界面前杀害美国总统？
The government has denied that there was a plot to assassinate the president
政府否认曾有人密谋暗杀总统。
Another plot to assassinate General de Gaulle was uncovered.
谋杀戴高乐将军的另一个阴谋被揭露了。
The psychiatrist gave testimony that the young man who tried to assassinate President Regan was insane at that time.
精神病科医生有证言说，那个企图暗杀里根总统的年轻人当时精神失常。
So he was there to assassinate me?
就是说他要来暗杀我？