assail
assail 英 [əˈseɪl] 美 [əˈsel]
vt. 攻击；质问；着手解决
进行时:assailing 过去式:assailed 过去分词:assailed 第三人称单数:assails 名词复数:assails
- To assail is to attack or assault — with throwing stars, fists, words or, less tangibly but just as violently, with troubles or doubts.
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- vt. 攻击；质问；着手解决
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1. The enemy may assail our defense positions tomorrow.
敌人可能明天就攻击我们的防守据点。
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2. Whether his giddy ascent will last has been hard to say, in part because his opponents had not had a chance to assail him directly until this week’s debate, the first Mr Perry has participated in.
Perry令人瞠目的上升势头是否会持续依然是给未知数，这部分由于知道这周的辩论，他还没有参加任何一次，以至于他的对手们还没有机会攻击他。
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3. But now and then, a frustrated worker will assail his assistant by casting aspersions on some aspect of the other’s work.
不过，时不时会有一名灰心丧气的工人抨击他的助手，就其工作的某方面进行诽谤。
- assail (v.) "attack violently," c. 1200, from Old French assalir "attack, assault, assail" (12c., Modern French assaillir), from Vulgar Latin *adsalire "to leap at," from Latin ad "to, toward" (see ad-) + salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Figurative use, of mental states, emotiuons, etc., is from mid-14c.; meaning "attack with arguments, abuse, criticism, etc." is from c. 1400. Related: Assailed; assailing; assailable.
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