assault
assault 英 [əˈsɔ:lt] 美 [əˈsɔlt]
n. 攻击；袭击 v. 攻击；袭击
进行时:assaulting 过去式:assaulted 过去分词:assaulted 第三人称单数:assaults 名词复数:assaults
- An assault is an attack. Getting punched, yelled at, or bombed are all types of assault.
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- n. 攻击；袭击
- v. 攻击；袭击
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1. Both men were charged with assault.
两人均被控侵犯他人身体罪。
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2. A significant number of indecent assaults on women go unreported.
很大数量的猥亵妇女罪没有举报。
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3. The government has mounted a new assault on unemployment.
政府向失业发起新的攻势。
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4. The paper's assault on the president was totally unjustified.
这份报纸对总统的攻击纯属无稽之谈。
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5. He has been charged with assaulting a police officer.
他被控袭击警察。
- assault (n.) late 14c., earlier asaut (c. 1200), "physical attack (on a person), sudden violent onslaught (on a place)," from Old French asaut, assaut "an attack, an assault, attacking forces" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *adsaltus "attack, assault," from ad "to" (see ad-) + Latin saltus "a leap," from salire "to leap, spring" (see salient (adj.)). The -l- was restored, as in fault (n.), vault (n.1). In law by 1580s; historically, assault includes menacing words or actions coupled with present means to effect them; battery is an actual blow.
- assault (v.) "attack physically," early 15c., from Middle French asauter, assauter, from Vulgar Latin *assaltare (see assault (n.)). Related: Assaulted; assaulting.
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