assail

英[ə'seɪl] 美[ə'seɪl]
  • v. 使苦恼，纠缠；猛烈攻击；言语抨击
assailable assailableness assailed assailed assailing assails
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星级词汇:
  • assail v.使苦恼，纠缠；猛烈攻击；言语抨击

详细释义

Verb:
  1. attack someone physically or emotionally;

    "The mugger assaulted the woman"
    "Nightmares assailed him regularly"

  2. launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with;

    "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"
    "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"

  3. attack in speech or writing;

    "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"

双语例句

1. By 1000 BC waves of invaders began to assail the land.
到公元前约1000年,埃及遭受到蜂拥而来的入侵者的掠夺.

来自英汉非文学 - 文明史

2. The opposition's newspapers assail the government each day.
反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。

来自辞典例句

3. Then doubts and fears did assail the very strongest.
那时,疑惑和恐惧的确困扰过意志最坚强的人.

来自辞典例句

4. You ought to assail all the difficulties that may come your way with great courage.
你应该勇敢地面对所有可能迎面而来的困难.

来自辞典例句

5. The doubts and fears didn't assail the very strongest.
疑惑和恐惧没有困扰最坚强的人.

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The thought came to assail me.
      这个想法使我困扰。
    2. Then doubts and fears did assail the very strongest .
      疑惑和恐惧的确困扰过意志最坚强的人。
    3. The enemy may assail our defense positions tomorrow.
      敌人可能明天就攻击我们的防守据点。
    4. This book is not meant to assail Christianity.
      这本书的本意不是抨击基督教的。

用法讲解

attack，assail，assault，charge，beset
  • 都含有"攻击"的意思。
  • attack常用词, 指"攻击敌人"或"用言论攻击他人"。
  • assail指"猛烈连续地攻击"。
  • assault语气比 assail强, 指"突然猛烈地进攻", 暗示"武力的直接接触" (如肉搏等), 也有"暴力"的意思。
  • charge指"冲击"或"骑兵的突然攻击"。
  • beset指"围攻", 即从各个方向攻击。

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    【邻近词汇】

    assailant aspirin Assailly assailment assailable assail a task assail sb. by name assailable conclusion assail the difficulty assailed with contemptuous language.
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