embattled是什么意思？

embattled

英[ɪmˈbætld] 美[ɛmˈbætld]

• adj. （与敌人或批评者）处于交战中的，受围攻的，严阵以待的；
• v. 列阵(embattle的过去式和过去分词)，布阵，严阵以待，整军备战；

例句

• The two boys were sworn friends all the week, and embattled enemies on Saturdays. 这两个朋友平日里是莫逆之交, 可到了星期六就成了对阵的敌人.
• Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island. 双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案。
• The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers. 焦头烂额的总统还否认了最近有关他被自己的士兵挟持为人质的说法。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  处于困境的;危机四伏的;问题缠身的
  If you describe a person, group, or organization as embattled, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties.
  例句
  The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers. 焦头烂额的总统还否认了最近有关他被自己的士兵挟持为人质的说法。
• ADJ
  . 卷入战争的;（尤指）被敌军包围的
  An embattled area is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces
  例句
  Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island. 双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. beset with attackers or controversy or conflict;
  "embattled troops""an embattled governor"
  2. prepared for battle;
  "an embattled city"
  3. having repeated square indentations like those in a battlement;
  "a crenelated molding"