N-COUNT 攻击;袭击;猛攻 An onslaught on someone or something is a very violent, forceful attack against them.
The attackers launched another vicious onslaught on their victim... 袭击者再度凶残地攻击受害人。
The rebels responded to a military onslaught against them by launching a major assault on an army camp. 叛乱分子为报复政府的军事打击,向一处军营发动猛攻。
...a media onslaught. 媒体的狂轰滥炸
N-COUNT (常指难以应付的)大批,大量 If you refer to an onslaught of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it, often so that it is very difficult to deal with.
The onslaught of orders should keep aircraft manufacturers busy for some time. 纷至沓来的订单应该会让飞机制造商忙碌一段时间。
...the constant onslaught of ads on American TV. 美国电视上让人应接不暇的广告
The second is that the regime would take Iran out of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, arguing nuclear weapons were the only way to avoid further onslaughts. 第二种可能是,伊朗政府将让伊朗退出《核不扩散条约》(nuclearnon-proliferationtreaty),并表示拥有核武器是避免遭受进一步攻击的唯一方式。
The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious onslaughts more than a hundred years ago. 一百多年前的某个夜晚,在东非,两只吃人的狮子袭击人类,让铁路工人闻风丧胆,以致建设一度陷入停工状态。
In particular we can see how we usually respond to extremes brought on by the various onslaughts of our lifestyles and environments. 特别是,我们能够知晓了我们机体通常怎样对我们的生活方式和环境的各种各样极端事件做出最大应答反应的储备功能;