Assail

[ə'seɪl] or [ə'sel]

解释:

(verb.) attack someone physically or emotionally; 'The mugger assaulted the woman'; 'Nightmares assailed him regularly'.

手打:丽贝卡--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

(v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.

(v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.

辛迪校对

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Assault, attack, invade, oppugn, fall upon, fly at, bear down upon, make aggression on.

海尔格校对

同义词及反义词：

[See ASSAULT]

丹尼斯编辑

解释:

v.t. to assault: to attack.—adj. Assail′able.—ns. Assail′ant one who assails or attacks; Assail′ment.

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