beset
beset 英 [bɪˈset] 美 [bɪˈsɛt]
vt. 困扰；镶嵌；围绕
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- Beset means to attack from all sides — an invading army will beset a castle, or you might find yourself beset by a devastating storm.
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- vt. 困扰；镶嵌；围绕
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1. The enemy beset the town with a strong army.
敌人以重兵包围了该镇。
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2. Every April I am beset by the same concern—that spring might not occur this year.
每年的四月份，我都会被同样的担心所困扰，那就是这一年不会有春天了。
- beset (v.) Old English besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (source also of Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense "to press upon vigorously from all sides" also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.
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