Assail
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 抨击; 猛攻
- ［英］ v. 抨击 ( to attack with arguments) 猛攻 ( to assault)
- ［记］ as+sail ( 跳上去) -> 跳上去打 -> 猛攻;也可用联想: as-sail ( 帆) : 扬帆起航向前攻
- ［例］ The army assailed the town.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb
- Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French assaillir, from Vulgar Latin *assalire, alteration of Latin assilire to leap upon, from ad- + salire to leap — more at sally
- Date: 13th century
- to attack violently with blows or words
- Synonyms: see attack
- • assailable adjective
- • assailant noun
