beset
英 [bɪ'set]
美[bɪ'sɛt]
- vt. 困扰；镶嵌；围绕
词态变化
第三人称单数: besets;过去式: beset;过去分词: beset;现在分词: besetting;
中文词源
beset 困扰
前缀be-, 强调。set, 放置。来自军事用语，指包围。
英英释意
- 1. annoy continually or chronically;
- "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"
- "This man harasses his female co-workers"
- 2. assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards"
- 3. decorate or cover lavishly with gems
英文词源
- beset (v.)
- Old English besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (cognates: Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.
词组搭配
besetting sin
a fault to which a person or institution is especially prone
易犯的过失
实用场景例句
- The team was beset by injury all season.
- 这个队整个赛季都因队员受伤而受困扰。
牛津词典
- It's one of the most difficult problems besetting our modern way of life.
- 那是困扰我们现代生活方式的最棘手的其中一个问题。
牛津词典
- The discussions were beset with difficulties.
- 讨论困难重重。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The country is beset by severe economic problems.
- 这个国家被严重的经济问题所困扰。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.
- 她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧.
《简明英汉词典》
- Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
- 你在我前后环绕我, 按手在我身上.
期刊摘选
- In the swamp the army was beset by mosquitoes.
- 在沼泽地,该军受到蚊子的困扰.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The crown was beset with diamonds and jewels.
- 皇冠上镶嵌着钻石和珠宝.
期刊摘选
- They fly , often thousands of miles, beset with danger for a single reason : To survive.
- 它们旅程千里迢迢,历经了危机重重,只为一个目的: 生存.
期刊摘选
- The plan was beset with difficulties from the beginning.
- 这项计划自开始就困难重重.
《简明英汉词典》
- She felt ups and downs of spirits which beset so many people without cause.
- 有许多人无缘无故地兴高采烈或是茫然若失,她却未曾有过这种感觉.
期刊摘选
- That country is beset with difficulties at home and abroad.
- 那个国家目前内外交困.
《简明英汉词典》
- In a few years I should be pinched, thin , and haggard, beset with troubles and miseries.
- 只要几年工夫, 我就会被烦恼和穷困弄得面容瘦削, 憔悴不堪.
辞典例句
- He was beset by fear.
- 他陷入恐怖之中.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Almost from the outset, the extravaganza was beset with difficulties.
- 几乎从一开始, 这一盛事就被种种困难所困扰.
《简明英汉词典》
- They are suddenly beset with life's difficult questions are all trying, unsuccessfully, to be grown ups.
- 他们突然间被生活的种种难题所包围,在屡战屡败, 屡败屡战中“长大成人”.
期刊摘选
- Riddled with a thousand gaping wounds , this reactionary clique is now beset with difficulties and contradictions both in internal and external affairs.
- 今天, 这个反动集团百孔千疮,内外交困,矛盾重重.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This town is beset with towering mountains.
- 这座城市为高山所环抱.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The zebra was beset by leopards.
- 斑马受到豹子的围攻.
期刊摘选
- Fancy an old friend of yours not lending you a hand when you are beset with difficulties.
- 亏得他还是你的老朋友,你有困难他都不帮忙.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The policemen beset the only road into the building.
- 警察封锁了进入大楼的惟一通道.
期刊摘选
- The four of us had all the predictable disagreements and typical trials that beset any family.
- 我们四人之间存在着任何家庭当中所能预见到的意见不合以及典型的让人伤脑筋的事.
期刊摘选
- The plan was beset with difficulties.
- 这个计划困难重重.
期刊摘选
- In the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes.
- 在沼泽地里,我们受到蚊子的围攻.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The new policy was beset with problems.
- 新政策遭到种种问题的困扰.
期刊摘选
- Work is the grand cure for all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind.
- 工作就是医活人类所有顽疾和厄运的最宏效的药剂.
辞典例句
- A revolutionary's life used to be beset with dangers and hardships.
- 一个革命者的生活中往往充满危险和艰难.
《简明英汉词典》
- Our plan was beset with difficulties.
- 我们的计划一再难产.
期刊摘选
- We were hopelessly outnumbered, beset by masses of armour, and almost surrounded.
- 兵力过于悬殊, 受到大批装甲部队的围攻,我们几乎被包围了.
辞典例句
- The team was beset by injury all season.
- 这个队整个赛季都因队员受伤而受困扰。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》