英语新闻与报道—News & Reports 111
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻与报道—News and Reports
英语课
Wk 05 (30 January 1948)
Mahatma Gandhi Is AssassinatedThis Week in HistoryIndian pro-independence activist 2 and leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated 1 in New Delhi.
In 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was shot by a Hindu radical 3 while attending prayers in New Delhi. His death came the year after India became independent after nearly 200 years of British colonial rule. Gandhi was a major force in the independence movement, advocating strictly 4 non-violent methods in the struggle for freedom.
1 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
2 activist
n.活动分子，积极分子
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。