Assault



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.突然袭击; 猛袭
• ［英］ n.突然袭击 ( a suddenly attack) 猛袭 ( a violent attack)
• ［记］ as+sault=sail; 参考: assail
• ［例］ He led an assault against the castle.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English assaut, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *assaltus, from assalire
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a violent physical or verbal attack
  • b. a military attack usually involving direct combat with enemy forces
  • c. a concerted effort (as to reach a goal or defeat an adversary)
• 2.
  • a. a threat or attempt to inflict offensive physical contact or bodily harm on a person (as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner) that puts the person in immediate danger of or in apprehension of such harm or contact — compare battery 1b
  • b. rape 2

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make an assault on
  • 2. rape 2
• intransitive verb
  • to make an assault
• Synonyms: see attack
• • assaulter noun

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