assail

英 [əˈseɪl]

美 [əˈseɪl]

v.  攻击; 抨击; 袭击; 困扰; 使苦恼

过去分词：assailed　过去式：assailed　第三人称单数：assails　现在分词：assailing　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.15181 / COCA.15900

同义词辨析

bombardassailassaultattack【导航词义：攻击；抨击】

牛津词典

verb

• 攻击；抨击；袭击
  to attack sb violently, either physically or with words
  1. He was assailed with fierce blows to the head.
     他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
  2. The proposal was assailed by the opposition party.
     提案遭到反对党的抨击。
  3. A vile smell assailed my nostrils.
     一股恶臭十分刺鼻。
• 困扰；使苦恼
  to disturb or upset sb severely
  1. to be assailed by worries/doubts/fears
     为焦虑 / 疑虑 / 担心所困扰

柯林斯词典

• VERB 猛烈抨击；强烈指责
  If someoneassailsyou, they criticize you strongly.
  1. The opposition's newspapers assail the government each day...
     反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。
  2. The labour movement has been assailed by accusations of sexism and demands for change from feminists.
     劳工运动遭到女权主义者的猛烈抨击，指责其存在性别歧视，并要求作出改善。
• VERB 猛烈袭击;暴力攻击
  If someoneassailsyou, they attack you violently.
  1. Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time...
     摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。
  2. Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a Glasgow park.
     她的丈夫在格拉斯哥的一所公园遭到一名持刀年轻男子的袭击。
• VERB 深受…困扰;使极为苦恼
  If youare assailed bysomething unpleasant such as fears or problems, you are greatly troubled by a large number of them.
  1. She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity.
     她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。
• VERB （声音或气味）侵入，刺激
  If you say that a loud sound or a strong smellassailssomeone's ears or nostrils, you are emphasizing that it is very intense and seems shocking or unpleasant.
  1. The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.
     燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。

英英释义

verb

• attack in speech or writing
  1. The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
  Synonym:attackroundlash outsnipeassault
• launch an attack or assault on
  1. Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II
  2. Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week
  Synonym:attack
• attack someone physically or emotionally
  1. The mugger assaulted the woman
  2. Nightmares assailed him regularly
  Synonym:assaultset onattack

双语例句

• If this Paroxysm of sorrow was to assail him again that night, there was but one place for him to be.
  如果这一晚，这种排山倒海式的哀愁又要来折磨他，那他只有一个好地方可去。
• She went on to assail Palin for supporting Arctic oil exploration that could jeopardize delicate animal habitats and for dismissing measures to protect polar bears.
  北极石油勘探可能会对动物的栖息地造成危害，但佩林支持北极石油勘探，并反对采取措施保护北极熊。她（芭铎）对此进行了抨击。
• He began to assail them with every kind of invective he could think of.
  他开始冲着他们破口大骂，凡是想得到的骂人话都用上了。
• We are told on a daily basis how to live our lives by people who seem to have taken it upon themselves to assail us with instructions, demands, advice and warnings, spoken as well as written.
  我们被告知一条日常的基本准则，那就是如何同那些用规章、要求、意见和警告来斥责我们的，并视这一切高于他们自己的人相处。
• 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.
  他的显著的上升优势是否会继续保持下去，现在下定论还为时过早，部分原因是由于在这周的电视辩论之前其对手还没有一个直接攻击他的机会，而这次电视辩论是佩里首次参加辩论。
• She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity.
  她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。
• The reactive ability of free radical is so strong that it can assail to lipid 、 protein of biomembrane and tissue.
  由于其电子是不成对的，所以自由基的反应能力特别强，可以攻击生物膜和组织的脂质、蛋白质。
• His attacks have nations clamoring for the weapons that assail them.
  他的攻击让各国争相竞购那些武器。
• John dispatches his whole gang to ferret out his son's whereabouts, only to find out that his rivals are redeploying people in China to assail him.
  John派出他全部手下去搜寻他儿子下落，但是只查到他的对手在中国正召集人对付他。
• The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.
  燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。