Attack

[ə'tæk]

解释:

(noun.) a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase.

(noun.) an offensive move in a sport or game; 'they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning'.

(noun.) the act of attacking; 'attacks on women increased last year'; 'they made an attempt on his life'.

(noun.) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); 'the attack began at dawn'.

(noun.) strong criticism; 'he published an unexpected attack on my work'.

(noun.) the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent); 'the film was sensitive to attack by acids'; 'open to attack by the elements'.

(noun.) a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition; 'an attack of diarrhea'.

(verb.) begin to injure; 'The cancer cells are attacking his liver'; 'Rust is attacking the metal'.

(verb.) set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; 'I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed'.

(verb.) attack in speech or writing; 'The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker'.

(verb.) take the initiative and go on the offensive; 'The Serbs attacked the village at night'; 'The visiting team started to attack'.

(verb.) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; 'Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II'; 'Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week'.

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解释:

(v. t.) To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

(v. t.) To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.

(v. t.) To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation.

(v. t.) To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.

(v. i.) To make an onset or attack.

(n.) The act of attacking, or falling on with force or violence; an onset; an assault; -- opposed to defense.

(n.) An assault upon one's feelings or reputation with unfriendly or bitter words.

(n.) A setting to work upon some task, etc.

(n.) An access of disease; a fit of sickness.

(n.) The beginning of corrosive, decomposing, or destructive action, by a chemical agent.

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同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Assail, assault, STORM, encounter, invade, charge, engage, oppugn, TACKLE, have at, set upon, fly at, run at, make a run at, rush upon, spring upon, have a fling at, have a cut at, bear down upon, make aggression on, ride full tilt against, PITCH INTO.[2]. Impugn, censure, criticise, reflect upon, pass censure on.

n. Assault, onset, onslaught, charge, thrust, encounter, invasion, aggression, descent, OFFENCE.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Invasion, assault, onset, aggression, onslaught

ANT:Defense, resistance, repulse, protection, aid, vindication, support,maintenance, shelter

整理:拉尔夫

解释:

v.t. to fall upon violently: to assault: to assail with unfriendly words or writing: to begin to affect fall upon (of diseases).—n. an assault or onset: the offensive part in any contest: the beginning of active operations on anything even dinner: severe criticism or calumny.—adj. Attack′able.

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