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



牛津词典

verb

  1. 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。
  2. 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

  1. VERB 猛烈抨击;强烈指责
    If someone assails you, 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。
  2. VERB 猛烈袭击;暴力攻击
    If someone assails you, 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。
  3. VERB 深受…困扰;使极为苦恼
    If you are assailed by something 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。
  4. VERB (声音或气味)侵入,刺激
    If you say that a loud sound or a strong smell assails someone'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。

双语例句

  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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.
    燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. But, should foes assail our coast.
    但敌人们还能攻击我们的海岸。
  10. No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assail it.
    不经多次风吹,树本难固枝荣。
  11. Her innocence had kept her in ignorance of the dangers that might assail a young girl of her age.
    她还很天真,不知道象她这种年龄的年轻姑娘可能遇到的种种危险。
  12. 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。
  13. By being unusually patient, he hopes to create businesses that rivals will find harder to assail.
    他希望利用特别的耐心来创建对手很难攻击的商务。
  14. She went to the meeting on the supposition that people would not assail her with questions.
    她参加了这次会,心中认为人们是不会向她提许多问题的。
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. When Satan tempts, and doubts and fears assail, Look to the Lamb of God;
    撒旦来试探惧怕又怀疑,仰望真神羔羊;
  18. 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。
  19. A stream of invective from some sectors of the press continues to assail the governmet.
    新闻界某些部门继续用一连串的痛骂来抨击政府。
  20. To assail with stinging criticism; excoriate.
    痛责以尖刻的批评攻击;
  21. 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。
  22. But TCM's reputation has been blackened by uneven efficacy and harsh side effects, prompting critics to assail it as outmoded folklore.
    但是中药的名声由于其不可靠的疗效和严重的副作用而大受损害,导致批评者抨击它是过时的民间医术。
  23. Ling: ( laughs) Good job, Shin! You knew he would try to assail me, right?
    灵:(笑)童心作得好!你知道他会来打我是吗?
  24. 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。
  25. Modern western philosophy isn't scientific philosophy, for not establishing consciously practical way of thinking, although it attaches importance to man's realistic activity, and does criticize and assail severely traditio nal metaphysics.
    现代西方哲学虽然注重人的现实活动,对传统形而上学理论展开了猛烈的批判与抨击,但没有自觉地建立实践思维方式,因而是不科学的。

同义词辨析

  bombard assail assault attack【导航词义:攻击;抨击】

  bombard v. 轰击;大肆批评

〔辨析〕指用炮弹、***、导弹等连续地猛炸某处,也可以指大肆抨击某人。

〔例证〕
This city was bombarded by the enemy.
这座城市遭到了敌人的轰炸。
Reporters bombarded the President with questions about his economic policy.
记者们向总统提出了许多有关其经济政策的问题。

  assail v. 〈正式〉攻击;抨击

〔辨析〕指对某人或某物连续地猛烈攻击或抨击。

〔例证〕
The enemy assailed our warship.
敌人向我们的战舰发起连续猛攻。
He was assailed by his political opponent.
他遭到了政敌的攻击。

  assault v. 袭击,攻击

〔辨析〕语气比 assail 强, 指突然发起猛烈进攻或近身暴力攻击;也可以指严厉批评某人的观念、计划等。

〔例证〕
The enemy assaulted the small town.
敌人突然对小镇发起猛烈攻击。
The gang assaulted him with iron bars.
那伙人用铁棍殴打他。

  attack v. 攻击,进攻

〔辨析〕普通用词,指事先不发警告而向对方发动攻击,既可指发起武力攻击,也可以指进行言语攻击。

〔例证〕
The enemy attacked the village at night.
敌人夜袭了村庄。
Her bold remarks were attacked by the conservatives.
她大胆的言论遭到保守派的抨击。

英英释义

verb

  1. attack in speech or writing
    1. The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

    Synonym:    attackroundlash outsnipeassault

  2. 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

  3. attack someone physically or emotionally
    1. The mugger assaulted the woman
    2. Nightmares assailed him regularly

    Synonym:    assaultset onattack