assail

verb

1. 攻击；抨击；袭击
   to attack sb violently, either physically or with words
   1. He was assailed with fierce blows to the head.
      他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
   2. The proposal was assailed by the opposition party.
      提案遭到反对党的抨击。
   3. A vile smell assailed my nostrils.
      一股恶臭十分刺鼻。
2. 困扰；使苦恼
   to disturb or upset sb severely
   1. to be assailed by worries/doubts/fears
      为焦虑 / 疑虑 / 担心所困扰

1. VERB 猛烈抨击；强烈指责
   If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.
   1. 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。
   2. The labour movement has been assailed by accusations of sexism and demands for change from feminists.
      劳工运动遭到女权主义者的猛烈抨击，指责其存在性别歧视，并要求作出改善。
2. VERB 猛烈袭击;暴力攻击
   If someone assails you, they attack you violently.
   1. Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time...
      摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。
   2. Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a Glasgow park.
      她的丈夫在格拉斯哥的一所公园遭到一名持刀年轻男子的袭击。
3. VERB 深受…困扰;使极为苦恼
   If you are assailed by something unpleasant such as fears or problems, you are greatly troubled by a large number of them.
   1. She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity.
      她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。
4. VERB （声音或气味）侵入，刺激
   If you say that a loud sound or a strong smell assails someone's ears or nostrils, you are emphasizing that it is very intense and seems shocking or unpleasant.
   1. The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.
      燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。

1. 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。
2. The labour movement has been assailed by accusations of sexism and demands for change from feminists.
   劳工运动遭到女权主义者的猛烈抨击，指责其存在性别歧视，并要求作出改善。
3. Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time
   摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。
4. Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a Glasgow park.
   她的丈夫在格拉斯哥的一所公园遭到一名持刀年轻男子的袭击。
5. She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity.
   她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。
6. The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.
   燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。
7. She went on to assail Palin for supporting Arctic oil exploration that could jeopardize delicate animal habitats and for dismissing measures to protect polar bears.
   北极石油勘探可能会对动物的栖息地造成危害，但佩林支持北极石油勘探，并反对采取措施保护北极熊。她（芭铎）对此进行了抨击。
8. John dispatches his whole gang to ferret out his son's whereabouts, only to find out that his rivals are redeploying people in China to assail him.
   John派出他全部手下去搜寻他儿子下落，但是只查到他的对手在中国正召集人对付他。
9. But, should foes assail our coast.
   但敌人们还能攻击我们的海岸。
10. No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assail it.
    不经多次风吹，树本难固枝荣。
11. Her innocence had kept her in ignorance of the dangers that might assail a young girl of her age.
    她还很天真，不知道象她这种年龄的年轻姑娘可能遇到的种种危险。
12. Whether his giddy ascent will last has been hard to say, in part because his opponents had not had a chance to assail him directly until this week's debate, the first Mr Perry has participated in.
    他的显著的上升优势是否会继续保持下去，现在下定论还为时过早，部分原因是由于在这周的电视辩论之前其对手还没有一个直接攻击他的机会，而这次电视辩论是佩里首次参加辩论。
13. By being unusually patient, he hopes to create businesses that rivals will find harder to assail.
    他希望利用特别的耐心来创建对手很难攻击的商务。
14. She went to the meeting on the supposition that people would not assail her with questions.
    她参加了这次会，心中认为人们是不会向她提许多问题的。
15. He began to assail them with every kind of invective he could think of.
    他开始冲着他们破口大骂，凡是想得到的骂人话都用上了。
16. If this Paroxysm of sorrow was to assail him again that night, there was but one place for him to be.
    如果这一晚，这种排山倒海式的哀愁又要来折磨他，那他只有一个好地方可去。
17. When Satan tempts, and doubts and fears assail, Look to the Lamb of God;
    撒旦来试探惧怕又怀疑，仰望真神羔羊；
18. His attacks have nations clamoring for the weapons that assail them.
    他的攻击让各国争相竞购那些武器。
19. A stream of invective from some sectors of the press continues to assail the governmet.
    新闻界某些部门继续用一连串的痛骂来抨击政府。
20. To assail with stinging criticism; excoriate.
    痛责以尖刻的批评攻击；
21. We are told on a daily basis how to live our lives by people who seem to have taken it upon themselves to assail us with instructions, demands, advice and warnings, spoken as well as written.
    我们被告知一条日常的基本准则，那就是如何同那些用规章、要求、意见和警告来斥责我们的，并视这一切高于他们自己的人相处。
22. But TCM's reputation has been blackened by uneven efficacy and harsh side effects, prompting critics to assail it as outmoded folklore.
    但是中药的名声由于其不可靠的疗效和严重的副作用而大受损害，导致批评者抨击它是过时的民间医术。
23. Ling: ( laughs) Good job, Shin! You knew he would try to assail me, right?
    灵：（笑）童心作得好！你知道他会来打我是吗？
24. The reactive ability of free radical is so strong that it can assail to lipid 、 protein of biomembrane and tissue.
    由于其电子是不成对的，所以自由基的反应能力特别强，可以攻击生物膜和组织的脂质、蛋白质。
25. Modern western philosophy isn't scientific philosophy, for not establishing consciously practical way of thinking, although it attaches importance to man's realistic activity, and does criticize and assail severely traditio nal metaphysics.
    现代西方哲学虽然注重人的现实活动，对传统形而上学理论展开了猛烈的批判与抨击，但没有自觉地建立实践思维方式，因而是不科学的。

  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。

verb

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

   Synonym:    attackroundlash outsnipeassault

2. 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:    attack

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

   Synonym:    assaultset onattack