attack

noun

暴力 violence

1. 袭击；攻击
   an act of using violence to try to hurt or kill sb
   1. a series of racist attacks
      一连串的种族袭击行为

战争 in war

2. （在战争中使用武器的）进攻，攻击
   an act of trying to kill or injure the enemy in war, using weapons such as guns and bombs
   1. to launch/make/mount an attack
      发起 / 进行攻击；发动进攻
   2. The patrol came under attack from all sides.
      巡逻队受到四面八方的攻击。

批评 criticism

3. （口头和书面的）抨击，非难
   strong criticism of sb/sth in speech or in writing
   1. a scathing attack on the government's policies
      对政府政策的猛烈抨击
   2. The school has come under attack for failing to encourage bright pupils.
      这所学校因未能鼓励聪明学生而受到非难。

制止 action to stop sth

4. 抑制；打击；处理
   an action that you take to try to stop or change sth that you feel is bad
   1. to launch an all-out attack on poverty/unemployment
      采取行动全面抑制贫穷 / 失业

疾病 of illness

5. （尤指常发疾病的）发作，侵袭
   a sudden, short period of illness, usually severe, especially an illness that you have often
   1. to suffer an asthma attack
      哮喘发作
   2. an acute attack of food poisoning
      急性食物中毒
   3. a panic attack
      一阵恐慌
   4. an attack of the giggles
      一阵咯咯傻笑

情感 of emotion

6. （情感的）一阵突发
   a sudden period of feeling an emotion such as fear
   1. an attack of nerves
      突然紧张不安

损害 damage

7. （病、虫等的）损害，伤害
   the action of sth such as an insect, or a disease, that causes damage to sth/sb
   1. The roof timbers were affected by rot and insect attack.
      屋顶的木料已经腐朽并遭虫害。

体育运动 in sport

8. 进攻队员
   the players in a team whose job is to try to score goals or points
   1. Germany's attack has been weakened by the loss of some key players through injury.
      德国队几名主力队员因伤不能上场，削弱了进攻力量。
9. （队员等的）进攻
   the actions that players take to try to score a goal or win the game
   1. a sustained attack on the Arsenal goal
      向阿森纳队球门的持续进攻

verb

使用暴力 use violence

1. 袭击；攻击
   to use violence to try to hurt or kill sb
   1. A woman was attacked and robbed by a gang of youths.
      一位妇女遭到一伙年轻人袭击和抢劫。
   2. The man attacked him with a knife.
      那个男人持刀向他行凶。
   3. Most dogs will not attack unless provoked.
      大多数狗受到挑衅才会攻击。

战争 in war

2. （在战争等中使用武器）进攻，攻击
   to use weapons, such as guns and bombs against an enemy in a war, etc.
   1. At dawn the army attacked the town.
      军队在拂晓时向这座城镇发动攻击。
   2. The guerrillas attack at night.
      游击队在夜间发动袭击。

批评 criticize

3. 抨击；非难
   to criticize sb/sth severely
   1. a newspaper article attacking the England football manager
      报纸上的一篇抨击英格兰足球队主教练的文章
   2. She has been attacked for ignoring her own party members.
      她因漠视本党党员而受到非难。

损害 damage

4. 侵袭；损害
   to have a harmful effect on sth
   1. a disease that attacks the brain
      侵袭大脑的疾病
   2. The vines were attacked by mildew.
      葡萄藤受到了霉菌的侵害。

奋力做 do sth with energy

5. 奋力处理；全力对付
   to deal with sth with a lot of energy and determination
   1. Let's attack one problem at a time.
      咱们一次全力处理一个问题。

体育运动 in sport

6. 进攻
   to go forward in a game in order to try to score goals or points
   1. Spain attacked more in the second half and deserved a goal.
      西班牙队在下半场加强攻势，攻进了一球。

1. VERB 攻击；进攻
   To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
   1. Fifty civilians in Masawa were killed when government planes attacked the town...
      马萨瓦市遭到政府军飞机轰炸，有50名平民丧生。
   2. He bundled the old lady into her hallway and brutally attacked her...
      他将老妇人推到她家走廊上，并对她一顿暴打。
   3. While Haig and Foch argued, the Germans attacked...
      黑格和福克正在争论时，德国人发起了进攻。
   4. The infantry would use hit and run tactics to slow attacking forces.
      步兵团可能会使用打了就跑的战术来阻滞进攻部队。
   5. Attack is also a noun.
      
   6. ...a campaign of air attacks on strategic targets...
      对战略目标的空袭行动
   7. Refugees had come under attack from federal troops.
      难民遭到了联邦军队的袭击。
2. VERB 抨击;强烈指责;非难
   If you attack a person, belief, idea, or act, you criticize them strongly.
   1. He publicly attacked the people who've been calling for secret ballot nominations...
      他公开抨击了那些主张用不记名投票方式确定任命人选的人。
   2. A newspaper ran an editorial attacking him for being a showman.
      一家报纸发表社论，批评他善于作秀。
   3. Attack is also a noun.
      
   4. The role of the state as a prime mover in planning social change has been under attack...
      国家扮演的规划社会变革的原动力角色颇受争议。
   5. The committee yesterday launched a scathing attack on British business for failing to invest.
      昨天，该委员会严厉指责了英国商界未进行投资。
3. VERB （疾病、化学药品、昆虫等）攻击，侵蚀，破坏
   If something such as a disease, a chemical, or an insect attacks something, it harms or spoils it.
   1. The virus seems to have attacked his throat...
      病毒看来已经侵蚀到他喉部了。
   2. Several key crops failed when they were attacked by pests.
      一些主要农作物由于遭受虫害而歉收。
   3. Attack is also a noun.
      
   4. The virus can actually destroy those white blood cells, leaving the body wide open to attack from other infections.
      该病毒实际上会破坏那些白血球，使身体极易受到其他传染病感染。
4. VERB （积极地）解决（问题），开展（工作）
   If you attack a job or a problem, you start to deal with it in an energetic way.
   1. Any attempt to attack the budget problem is going to have to in some way deal with those issues.
      要解决预算问题，在某种程度上就必须解决那些问题。
5. VERB （在足球等比赛中）进攻
   In games such as football, when one team attacks the opponent's goal, they try to score a goal.
   1. Now the US is controlling the ball and attacking the opponent's goal...
      现在美国队控球，向对方球门展开了进攻。
   2. The goal was just reward for Villa's decision to attack constantly in the second half.
      在下半场，维拉队持续进攻的打法为他们赢得了这个进球。
   3. Attack is also a noun.
      
   4. Lee was at the hub of some incisive attacks in the second half.
      在下半场，李组织了几次快速进攻。
6. N-COUNT （疾病短时间的）侵袭，发作
   An attack of an illness is a short period in which you suffer badly from it.
   1. It had brought on an attack of asthma.
      这引发了哮喘。
7. See also: counter-attack heart attack

1. He bundled the old lady into her hallway and brutally attacked her
   他将老妇人推到她家走廊上，并对她一顿暴打。
2. While Haig and Foch argued, the Germans attacked
   黑格和福克正在争论时，德国人发起了进攻。
3. The infantry would use hit and run tactics to slow attacking forces.
   步兵团可能会使用打了就跑的战术来阻滞进攻部队。
4. He publicly attacked the people who've been calling for secret ballot nominations
   他公开抨击了那些主张用不记名投票方式确定任命人选的人。
5. A newspaper ran an editorial attacking him for being a showman.
   一家报纸发表社论，批评他善于作秀。
6. The virus seems to have attacked his throat
   病毒看来已经侵蚀到他喉部了。
7. Several key crops failed when they were attacked by pests.
   一些主要农作物由于遭受虫害而歉收。
8. Any attempt to attack the budget problem is going to have to in some way deal with those issues.
   要解决预算问题，在某种程度上就必须解决那些问题。
9. Now the US is controlling the ball and attacking the opponent's goal
   现在美国队控球，向对方球门展开了进攻。
10. The goal was just reward for Villa's decision to attack constantly in the second half.
    在下半场，维拉队持续进攻的打法为他们赢得了这个进球。
11. It had brought on an attack of asthma.
    这引发了哮喘。
12. The president responded to this with a blistering attack on his critics.
    作为对此的回应，总统对批评者们给予了严厉的抨击。
13. Three of his bodyguards were injured in the attack
    在这次袭击事件中，他有3名保镖受了伤。
14. A previously unknown extremist group has said it carried out Friday's bomb attack.
    一个先前不为人知的极端组织声称实施了星期五的炸弹袭击。
15. It may interest you to know that Miss Woods, the housekeeper, witnessed the attack.
    您或许会有兴趣知道管家伍兹小姐目击了袭击过程。
16. These are the cells that directly attack and kill micro-organisms
    这些细胞可以直接攻击和杀死微生物。
17. The attack has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces.
    这次攻击给美国的海军和陆军都造成了重创。
18. The latest outrage was to have been a co-ordinated gun and bomb attack on the station
    最近的一起暴行是同时动用了枪支和炸弹的对车站的袭击。
19. It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack
    这可能是游击队进攻的主要目标。
20. There has been a renewed rocket attack on the capital.
    首都遭受了新一轮的火箭袭击。
21. This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl.
    这是对一个毫无自卫能力的年轻女孩的野蛮袭击。
22. The bomb attack on the capital could signal the start of a pre-election terror campaign.
    对首都的炸弹袭击可能标志着选举前的恐怖活动开始了。
23. The attack was the third so far this year.
    这是今年迄今为止的第三次袭击。
24. It is a deliberate, nasty and vicious attack on a young man's character.
    这是对一个年轻人品格蓄意的、卑鄙的、恶毒的攻击。
25. I attack politicians with the one weapon they don't have, a sense of humor.
    我运用一种政客不具备的武器攻击他们，那就是幽默感。
26. There's no snake known that will habitually attack human beings unless threatened with its life
    除非自己的生命受到了威胁，已知的蛇中还没有习惯性地攻击人类的。
27. We will not attack unless we are attacked; if we are attacked, we will certainly counterattack.
    人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
28. His political opponents made a calculated attack on him.
    他的政敌们对他进行了包藏祸心的攻击。
29. We are victorious in attack.
    我们进攻获胜。

  bombard assail assault attack【导航词义：攻击；抨击】

  bombard v. 轰击；大肆批评

〔辨析〕指用炮弹、炸弹、导弹等连续地猛炸某处，也可以指大肆抨击某人。

  assail v. 〈正式〉攻击；抨击

〔辨析〕指对某人或某物连续地猛烈攻击或抨击。

  assault v. 袭击，攻击

〔辨析〕语气比 assail 强, 指突然发起猛烈进攻或近身暴力攻击；也可以指严厉批评某人的观念、计划等。

  attack v. 攻击，进攻

〔辨析〕普通用词，指事先不发警告而向对方发动攻击，既可指发起武力攻击，也可以指进行言语攻击。

noun

1. a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

   Synonym:    tone-beginning

2. an offensive move in a sport or game
   1. they won the game with a 10-hit attack in the 9th inning

3. the act of attacking
   1. attacks on women increased last year
   2. they made an attempt on his life

   Synonym:    attempt

4. ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
   1. his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons
   2. an attack on inflation
   3. his plan of attack was misguided

   Synonym:    approachplan of attack

5. (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
   1. the attack began at dawn

   Synonym:    onslaughtonsetonrush

6. strong criticism
   1. he published an unexpected attack on my work

7. intense adverse criticism
   1. Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
   2. the government has come under attack
   3. don't give me any flak

   Synonym:    fireflakflackblast

8. the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
   1. the film was sensitive to attack by acids
   2. open to attack by the elements

9. a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
   1. an attack of diarrhea

verb

1. begin to injure
   1. The cancer cells are attacking his liver
   2. Rust is attacking the metal

2. set to work upon
   1. I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed

3. attack in speech or writing
   1. The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

   Synonym:    roundassaillash outsnipeassault

4. take the initiative and go on the offensive
   1. The Serbs attacked the village at night
   2. The visiting team started to attack

   Synonym:    aggress

5. launch an attack or assault on
   1. Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II
   2. Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week

   Synonym:    assail

6. attack someone physically or emotionally
   1. The mugger assaulted the woman
   2. Nightmares assailed him regularly

   Synonym:    assailassaultset on