首页英语词典assailassail的意思

assail怎么读？

assail

英 [ə'seɪl] 美[ə'sel]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词assault attack

反义词

vt. 攻击；质问；着手解决

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词态变化

第三人称单数: assails;过去式: assailed;过去分词: assailed;现在分词: assailing;

中文词源

assail 攻击

前缀as-同ad-，在字母s开头词根前同化为as-. -sail来自词根sal, 跳，见salmon,鲑鱼，跳鱼。此处指攻击。

英文词源

assail (v.): c. 1200, from Old French assalir "attack, assault, assail" (12c., Modern French assaillir), from Vulgar Latin *adsalire "to leap at," from Latin ad- "at" (see ad-) + salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Figurative use from mid-14c. Related: Assailed; assailing; assailable.

双语例句

1. By 1000 BC waves of invaders began to assail the land.: 到公元前约1000年,埃及遭受到蜂拥而来的入侵者的掠夺.

2. The opposition's newspapers assail the government each day.: 反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。

3. Then doubts and fears did assail the very strongest.: 那时,疑惑和恐惧的确困扰过意志最坚强的人.

4. You ought to assail all the difficulties that may come your way with great courage.: 你应该勇敢地面对所有可能迎面而来的困难.

5. The doubts and fears didn't assail the very strongest.: 疑惑和恐惧没有困扰最坚强的人.