assail
英[?'se?l]
美[?'sel]
- vt. 攻擊；質問；著手解決
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?assails;過去式:?assailed;過去分詞:?assailed;現在分詞:?assailing;
中文詞源
assail 攻擊
前綴as-同ad-，在字母s開頭詞根前同化為as-. -sail來自詞根sal, 跳，見salmon,鮭魚，跳魚。此處指攻擊。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. By 1000 BC waves of invaders began to assail the land.
- 到公元前約1000年,埃及遭受到蜂擁而來的入侵者的掠奪.
來自英漢非文學 - 文明史
- 2. The opposition's newspapers assail the government each day.
- 反對黨的報紙每天都對政府進行猛烈抨擊。
來自辭典例句
- 3. Then doubts and fears did assail the very strongest.
- 那時,疑惑和恐懼的確困擾過意志最堅強的人.
來自辭典例句
- 4. You ought to assail all the difficulties that may come your way with great courage.
- 你應該勇敢地面對所有可能迎面而來的困難.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The doubts and fears didn't assail the very strongest.
- 疑惑和恐懼沒有困擾最堅強的人.
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