Assault

[ə'sɔːlt;ə'sɒlt] or [ə'sɔlt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped.

(noun.) close fighting during the culmination of a military attack.

(noun.) thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946.

乔整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.

(n.) A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.

(n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.

(n.) To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.

(n.) To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration.

整理:莉莲

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Attack, onset, onslaught, aggression, invasion, charge, thrust.[2]. Storming, storm.

v. a. Assail, attack, charge, invade, STORM, fall upon, fly at, bear down upon, make aggression on.

费利西亚編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Onset, attack, aggression, onslaught

ANT:Defense, resistance, repulsion, retaliation, undermining, sapping, stratagem

校對:特伦斯

解釋/意思:

n. a sudden attack: a storming as of a town: (Eng. law) unlawful attempt to apply force to the person of another—when force is actually applied the act amounts to battery: an attack of any sort by arguments appeals &c.—v.t. to make an assault or attack upon: (law) to make an assault.—n. Assault′er.—Assault at arms a display of attack and defence in fencing.

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