assault
n. 攻击, 袭击 vt. 袭击, 攻击 vi. 发动攻击
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教材释义与例句
攻击；袭击
攻击；袭击
袭击；动武
释义与例句
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1.
A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
突击
攻击
可数 不可数The army made an assault on the enemy.
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2.
A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like
可数 不可数She launched a written assault on the opposition party.
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3.
An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing.
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The crime whose action is such an attempt.
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An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon).
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The tort whose action is such an act.
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A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
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1.
To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.
攻击
及物Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.
Loud music assaulted our ears as we entered the building.
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2.
To threaten or harass.
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From Middle English assaut, from Old French noun assaut, derived from the past participle of the verb assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add an l.
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