assail是什么意思？

assail

英[əˈseɪl] 美[əˈsel]

• vt. 攻击，袭击，（用言论）指责，质问，着手解决；

第三人称单数：assails;

过去式：assailed;

过去分词：assailed;

现在分词：assailing;

例句

• assail a task 着手完成任务
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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。

同义词

• vt.
  assail的同义词之：攻击,袭击
  assault, attack,
• assail的同义词之：其他释义
  attack, assault, flay,

反义词

• vt.
  assail的反义词之：攻击;困扰
  defend, guard, safeguard, protect,
• assail的反义词之：其他释义
  guard, defend, protect, safeguard,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  猛烈抨击；强烈指责
  If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
  例句
  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。 The labour movement has been assailed by accusations of sexism and demands for change from feminists. 劳工运动遭到女权主义者的猛烈抨击，指责其存在性别歧视，并要求作出改善。
• VERB
  猛烈袭击;暴力攻击
  If someone assails you, they attack you violently.
  例句
  Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time... 摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。 Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a Glasgow park. 她的丈夫在格拉斯哥的一所公园遭到一名持刀年轻男子的袭击。
• VERB
  深受…困扰;使极为苦恼
  If you are assailed by something unpleasant such as fears or problems, you are greatly troubled by a large number of them.
  例句
  She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity. 她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。
• VERB
  （声音或气味）侵入，刺激
  If you say that a loud sound or a strong smell assails someone's ears or nostrils, you are emphasizing that it is very intense and seems shocking or unpleasant.
  例句
  The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils. 燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  攻击；猛击, 痛打
  The police were assailed with rocks. 警察遭到石块的猛烈攻击。 As soon as the young man returned home,his parents assailed him with questions about the interview. 那年轻人刚回到家,他的父母便向他问这问那的,打听他求职面试的事。
  困扰;使苦恼
  His mind was assailed by doubts. 他的头脑为种种疑惑所困扰。
  毅然应对;着手解决
  assail a task 着手完成任务

英英词典释义

• 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"