Beset
[bɪ'set] or [bɪ'sɛt]
解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Beset
(v. t.) To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
(v. t.) To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade.
(v. t.) To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc.
(v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
錄入:撒迦利亚
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Surround, encompass, environ, encircle, enclose, besiege, hem in.[2]. Embarrass, perplex, entangle.
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解釋/意思:
v.t. to surround or set round with anything (now only in pa.p.): to surround with hostile intentions to besiege: to occupy so as to allow none to go out or in: to assail perplex endanger as by temptations obstacles &c.:—pr.p. beset′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. beset′.—ns. Beset′ment; Beset′ter.—p.adj. Beset′ting that besets as in 'besetting sin.'
手打:曼弗雷德
例句/造句/用法:
- The man was beset by friends who told him he was mad to continue the chase, and that his undoubted talents in other lines were being wasted. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Hindrances and pitfalls, dear girls, which beset us on our way to higher things! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The chill of Mrs. Fairfax's warnings, and the damp of her doubts were upon me: something of unsubstantiality and uncertainty had beset my hopes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I was almost as hard beset by him now as I had been once before, in a different way, by another. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- You will probably keep a larger house, have many matters to arrange, and be beset by numbers of correspondents. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He is beset by sharpers: John is sunk and degraded--his look is frightful--I feel ashamed for him when I see him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- You don't know, and you can't, the daily, hourly trials that beset a housekeeper from them, everywhere and every way. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Protestants are rarely superstitious; these morbid fancies will not beset _you? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- My Liege, said the Friar, I humbly crave your pardon; and you would readily grant my excuse, did you but know how the sin of laziness has beset me. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I am beset here with neighbours that match your infidels, Sir Knight, in Holy Land. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Little recked Mr Podsnap of the traps and toils besetting his Young Person. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- They are your besetting sin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- My terror, as I lay there, of falling ill, and being unfitted for to-morrow, was so besetting, that I wonder it did not disable me of itself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- There are briars besetting every path, Which call for patient care; There is a cross in every lot, And an earnest need for prayer. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Hunger and cold are her comrades; sadness hovers over, and solitude besets her round. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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