assault
英 [ə'sɔːlt; ə'sɒlt]
美[ə'sɔlt]
- n. 攻击；袭击
- vt. 攻击；袭击
- vi. 袭击；动武
词态变化
复数: assaults;第三人称单数: assaults;过去式: assaulted;过去分词: assaulted;现在分词: assaulting;
中文词源
assault 侵犯
前缀as-同ad-. -sault, 来自词根sal, 跳，见salmon,鲑鱼，跳鱼。-t, 构成反复格。
英英释意
- 1. close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
- 2. a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
- 3. the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will
英文词源
- assault
- assault: [13] To assault somebody was originally to ‘jump on’ them. The word comes from a Vulgar Latin compound verb *assaltāre, formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and saltāre ‘jump’, a frequentative form (denoting repeated action) of the verb salīre ‘jump’ (which is the source of English salient, and by a similar compounding process produced assail [13]). In Old French this became asauter, and English originally borrowed it as asaute, but in the 16th century the l was reintroduced.
=> assail, somersault - assault (n.)
- late 14c., earlier asaut (c. 1200), from Old French asaut, assaut "an attack, an assault, attacking forces" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *adsaltus "attack, assault," from ad "to" (see ad-) + Latin saltus "a leap," from salire "to leap, spring" (see assail). In law by 1580s; historically, assault includes menacing words or actions; battery is an actual blow.
- assault (v.)
- early 15c., from Middle French asauter, assauter, from Vulgar Latin *assaltare (see assault (n.)). Related: Assaulted; assaulting.
同义词辨析
aggression, invasion, assault, attack, offensive
这些名词均有"进攻，侵略"之意。
aggression：词义宽泛，既可指武装入侵别国领土，又可指文化、经济等方面的侵略。侧重敌意行动和征服的企图。
invasion：多指具体的侵入或侵犯别国领土，也可用于指抽象事件。
assault：主要指突然而猛烈的进攻。
attack：普通用词，含义广，指事先不发警告，主动地向对方发起武力进攻或对言论等进行抨击。
offensive：多指进攻的态势，常指大规模的协同军事行动。
考试真题
- On the flip side, companies like Virgin Galactic are plotting a bottom-up assault on the space dream by making it a reality to the public.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
- Men commit nearly 90 percent of violent crimes in the United States and almost all sexual assaults.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- But assaults often occur on Friday and Saturday nights, near the bars downtown.
出自-2011年6月听力原文
- Assaults often happen on school campuses
出自-2011年6月听力原文
实用场景例句
- Loud rock music assaulted our ears.
- 喧闹的摇滚乐直往我们耳朵里钻。
牛津词典
- sexual assaults
- 性攻击（指强奸、猥亵）
牛津词典
- An assault on the capital was launched in the early hours of the morning.
- 凌晨时分向首都发起了攻击。
牛津词典
- The government has mounted a new assault on unemployment (= in order to reduce it) .
- 政府向失业发起新的攻势。
牛津词典
- Three people died during an assault on the mountain (= while trying to climb it) .
- 登山过程中有三人死亡。
牛津词典
- The paper's assault on the president was totally unjustified.
- 这份报纸对总统的攻击纯属无稽之谈。
牛津词典
- The suggested closures came under assault from all parties.
- 关闭机构的建议受到各方严厉批评。
牛津词典
- He has been charged with assaulting a police officer.
- 他被控袭击警察。
牛津词典
- Four women have been sexually assaulted in the area recently.
- 近来这个地区有四名妇女遭到强奸猥亵。
牛津词典
- Both men were charged with assault.
- 两人均被控侵犯他人身体罪。
牛津词典
- A significant number of indecent assaults on women go unreported.
- 很大数量的猥亵妇女罪没有举报。
牛津词典
- At the police station, I was charged with assault.
- 在警察局，我被指控殴打他人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The gang assaulted him with iron bars...
- 这伙人用铁棍殴打他。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She may have been sexually assaulted by her killer.
- 她可能遭到过凶手的性侵犯。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He leveled a verbal assault against his Democratic opponents.
- 他猛烈抨击其民主党对手。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a high-powered assault rifle.
- 大火力军用步枪
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The attack is one of a series of savage sexual assaults on women in the university area...
- 这次袭击是在大学校园内发生的一系列针对女性的野蛮性侵犯事件中的一起。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The rebels are poised for a new assault on the government garrisons...
- 叛军准备好要对政府驻军发起新一轮的猛攻。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Most US soldiers welcomed the ground assault when the order was finally given.
- 当命令最终下达的时候，大多数美军士兵都愿意发动地面进攻。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The trainees were put through an assault course.
- 受训人员接受了突击训练课程.
《简明英汉词典》
- He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.
- 他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击.
《简明英汉词典》
- She appeared in court on charges of kidnapping and assault.
- 她因受到拐骗和侵犯人身的指控而出庭.
《简明英汉词典》
- He dodged the enemy's assault and threw him to the ground.
- 他向旁边一闪,顺势把敌人摔倒了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- A valiant assault force does not fear a strong fortress.
- 攻坚不怕堡垒硬.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He was guilty of assault and battery.
- 他犯了殴打罪.
《现代汉英综合大词典》