targeted assassination

基本解释

Just as Guantánamo was against America’s interests though judged legal by some American courts, so targeted assassination may cause more problems than it solves.
就比如关塔那摩，尽管被一些美国法院判定为合法，但却有悖于美国的利益——因此针对性的暗杀引致的问题可能会比它解决的问题还多。
It is not just that international law, which surely applies in this case, is less generous towards targeted assassination. There are questions to be asked even under American law.
不仅是因为国际法（肯定适用于这种情况）对有针对性的暗杀不太宽容，就算参照美国的律法，此事仍有许多问题需要追问。

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