assail
英[ə'seɪl]
美[ə'sel]
- vt. 攻击；质问；着手解决
词态变化
第三人称单数: assails;过去式: assailed;过去分词: assailed;现在分词: assailing;
中文词源
assail 攻击
前缀as-同ad-，在字母s开头词根前同化为as-. -sail来自词根sal, 跳，见salmon,鲑鱼，跳鱼。此处指攻击。
英文词源
- assail (v.)
- c. 1200, from Old French assalir "attack, assault, assail" (12c., Modern French assaillir), from Vulgar Latin *adsalire "to leap at," from Latin ad- "at" (see ad-) + salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Figurative use from mid-14c. Related: Assailed; assailing; assailable.
双语例句
- 1. By 1000 BC waves of invaders began to assail the land.
- 到公元前约1000年,埃及遭受到蜂拥而来的入侵者的掠夺.
来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
- 2. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Then doubts and fears did assail the very strongest.
- 那时,疑惑和恐惧的确困扰过意志最坚强的人.
来自辞典例句
- 4. You ought to assail all the difficulties that may come your way with great courage.
- 你应该勇敢地面对所有可能迎面而来的困难.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The doubts and fears didn't assail the very strongest.
- 疑惑和恐惧没有困扰最坚强的人.
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