assail
assail 英 [əˈseɪl] 美 [əˈsel]
vt. 攻击，袭击，困扰
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，袭击，困扰
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1. He was assailed with fierce blows to the head.
他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
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2. The proposal was assailed by the opposition party.
提案遭到反对党的抨击。
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3. A vile smell assailed my nostrils.
一股恶臭十分刺鼻。
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4. to be assailed by worries
为焦虑所困扰
- 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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