assault

ә'sɒ:t
六级考研托福雅思GRE Collins 3

英文释义

n. close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
n. a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
n. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946

中文翻译

n. 攻击, 袭击
vt. 袭击, 攻击
vi. 发动攻击

3
Collins 星级
2,970
BNC 频率
2,860
使用频率

记忆技巧

assault 可以分解为前缀 as-（朝向）和词根 sault（跳跃）。可以联想到攻击像是朝某个方向跳跃而来。

例句

1. The police arrested the man for assaulting a stranger in the park.
警方因在公园袭击陌生人而逮捕了那名男子。
2. She felt scared after the verbal assault from her coworker.
她在同事的言语攻击后感到害怕。
3. The school has a strict policy against any form of assault among students.
学校对学生之间的任何形式的攻击有严格的政策。

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