【英语词汇】
attack、assault、assail
佳中
这三个词都可表示“攻击”、“袭击”,指进攻性的行为,尤指用武力或侵犯袭击对方。
attack普通用词,含义广,可用作动词或名词。指主动地向对方发起暴力侵犯、武
力进攻。
1)We will not attack unless we areattacked; if we are attacked, wewill
certainly counterattack.
人不犯我, 我不犯人; 人若犯我, 我必犯人。
2)Whenattacked, he instinctively foughtback to defend himself.
遭到袭击时,他本能地回击以保护自己。
3)While crossing the mountain areas, all the man had guns forprotection lest they
be attacked by the local bandits.
在而穿越山区时,所有的人员都携带枪支保护自己,以免遭到当地土匪的袭击。
4)It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmedthat a puma will
notattacka human beingunless it is cornered.
当她看见美洲狮时,美洲狮立刻掉头而逃,椐专家证明,美洲豹除非被逼得走投无路,是决
不会伤人的。
5)Theattackon the oldwoman scared many of the older people in thetown.
那位老妇人受到袭击的事令城里年纪更大的老人们感到害怕。
6)The news of theterroristattacksin NewYork caused quite a stir in the whole
world.
在纽约发生恐怖主义袭击的消息在全世界引起了极大震动。
7)Warningsofanenemyattackforcedthetroopsontothedefensive.
敌军显示出进攻的迹象,部队不得不进入戒备状态。
assault指对他人身体进行突然侵犯或殴打,或指军队发起突然猛烈进攻。可用作
动词或名词,语气比attack强。
1)He wasassaulted by some burglars in the dark street on the wayhome last night.
昨晚在回家的路上他在黑暗的大街上遭到一些歹徒的袭击。
2)The mob broke into shops and assaulted some of thecustomers.
暴徒闯入商店,袭击了一些顾客。
3)He was assaulted with eggs and vegetables at the massrally.
在集会他遭到扔鸡蛋和蔬菜的袭击。
4)Thecommanderdecidedtoassaulttheenemyinthedarkness.
指挥官决定夜袭敌军。
5)Thecourtdeterminedthatthemanwas guiltyofassault.
法庭裁定那个人犯了侵犯人身罪。
6)The attack is one of a series of savagesexualassaults on women inthe
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。
7)TheAmericanarmy madeasurpriseassaultonthecitiesinthenorthofIraq.
美军突然袭击了伊拉克的北部城市。
assail指猛烈连续地袭击或攻击(toattack someone orsomething
violently)。
1)Her husband wasassailed by a young manwith a knife in a Glasgow park.
她的丈夫在格拉斯哥的一所公园遭到一名持刀年轻男子的袭击。
2)The enemy plane assailed our defence position.
敌机不断猛烈地攻击我们的阵地。
3)The policemenwereassailedby a showerof stones.
警察遭到一阵石块的袭击。
这三个词还可用于用言词等攻击、抨击、批评、质问等。
1)At the conference they attacked fiercely the new programadvanced by the
Democratic Party.
在会议上他们猛烈攻击民主党提出的新方案。
2)Thewholeallegoryisaconsistentattackonmoralityandrespectability.
整个寓言是对道德和有地位的人的有力抨击。
3)The new program about the estate reform was assaulted bypeople with different
opinions.
这项房地产改革的新规划遭到不同意见人士的抨击。
4)Helaunched intoaverbalassaultontabloidjournalism.
他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
5)The opposition'snewspapersassailthegovernment each day.
反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。
6)The new policy has beenassailed byaccusations of sexism and demands for
change from feminists.
这项新这政策遭到女权主义者的猛烈抨击,指责其存在性别歧视,并要求作出纠正。