assault

英[?'s??lt;?'s?lt] 美[?'s?lt]

復(fù)數(shù):?assaults;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?assaults;過(guò)去式:?assaulted;過(guò)去分詞:?assaulted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?assaulting;

assault 侵犯

前綴as-同ad-. -sault, 來(lái)自詞根sal, 跳，見(jiàn)salmon,鮭魚(yú)，跳魚(yú)。-t, 構(gòu)成反復(fù)格。

assault: assault: [13] To assault somebody was originally to ‘jump on’ them. The word comes from a Vulgar Latin compound verb *assaltāre, formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and saltāre ‘jump’, a frequentative form (denoting repeated action) of the verb salīre ‘jump’ (which is the source of English salient, and by a similar compounding process produced assail [13]). In Old French this became asauter, and English originally borrowed it as asaute, but in the 16th century the l was reintroduced.
=> assail, somersault
assault (n.): late 14c., earlier asaut (c. 1200), from Old French asaut, assaut "an attack, an assault, attacking forces" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *adsaltus "attack, assault," from ad "to" (see ad-) + Latin saltus "a leap," from salire "to leap, spring" (see assail). In law by 1580s; historically, assault includes menacing words or actions; battery is an actual blow.
assault (v.): early 15c., from Middle French asauter, assauter, from Vulgar Latin *assaltare (see assault (n.)). Related: Assaulted; assaulting.

2. US forces are poised for a massive air, land and sea assault.: 美國(guó)軍隊(duì)作好了發(fā)動(dòng)大規(guī)模海、陸、空攻擊的準(zhǔn)備。

3. The family tried to bring a private prosecution against him for assault.: 這家人試圖以侵犯人身為由對(duì)他提起自訴。

4. John's soldiers were readying themselves for the final assault.: 約翰的手下正在為最后的進(jìn)攻做準(zhǔn)備。

5. The rebels are poised for a new assault on the government garrisons.: 叛軍準(zhǔn)備好要對(duì)政府駐軍發(fā)起新一輪的猛攻。