An assassin is someone who murders an important person — a president, a king, a famous leader — usually after a plan, not in a sudden fight in the street. We reach for this word when the killing is about power, politics, or money paid for the death.

An assassin is someone who murders an important personAssassin是指謀殺重要人物的人 a president, a king, a famous leader像president（總統）、king（國王）、有名的領袖 usually after a plan, not in a sudden fight in the street通常是經過計劃的而不是街頭突然打起來的衝突 We reach for this word when the killing is about power, politics, or money paid for the death當這場殺人跟權力、政治，或有人付錢要人死有關的時候我們就會用這個字

News and history books use it; it feels serious. If the dead person is not a public figure, we normally say murderer or killer instead.

News and history books use it新聞和歷史書會用這個字 it feels serious它聽起來很嚴肅 If the dead person is not a public figure如果死掉的人不是公眾人物 we normally say murderer or killer instead我們通常會改說murderer（凶手）或killer（殺手）

Though actually, films and games have dressed the word up: a quiet figure in black who never misses. Real killings of this kind in history were often messy, frightened, or quickly found out.

Though actually不過其實 films and games have dressed the word up電影和遊戲把這個字包裝得很浮誇 a quiet figure in black who never misses一個穿黑衣、安靜、從不失手的身影 Real killings of this kind in history were often messy, frightened, or quickly found out歷史上這種殺人事件其實常常很混亂、殺手很害怕，或很快就被抓到

There is an old verb “to assassin,” but almost nobody uses it now; we say assassinate. The noun is the word you will actually meet.

There is an old verb 'to assassin'有一個舊式動詞"to assassin" but almost nobody uses it now但現在幾乎沒人用了 we say assassinate我們會說assassinate The noun is the word you will actually meet名詞才是你真正會遇到的字