單詞
embattled
英 [?m'b?tld]
美[?m'b?tld]
基本信息
- adj. 嚴陣以待的；被敵人圍困的；心煩意亂的；邊緣呈雉形的
- v. 列陣；筑壘于（embattle的過去式和過去分詞）
TEM8低頻詞
中文詞源
embattled 危機四伏的
em-, 進入，使。battle，戰斗。
英文詞源
- embattled (adj.)
- "under attack," by 1882; earlier and more etymologically it meant "prepared to fight" (late 15c.), and (of structures) "fitted with battlements" (late 14c.); past participle adjective from embattle (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. the embattled party leader
- 處境艱難的黨的領導人
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
- 雙方都表示想努力為處于戰亂中的該島北部和東部地區尋求政治解決方案。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
- 焦頭爛額的總統還否認了最近有關他被自己的士兵挾持為人質的說法。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The two boys were sworn friends all the week, and embattled enemies on Saturdays.
- 這兩個朋友平日里是莫逆之交, 可到了星期六就成了對陣的敵人.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
- 5. The two boys were sworn friends all the weekdays, and embattled enemies on Saturdays.
- 這兩個朋友平日是莫逆之交, 一到星期六就是對陣的敵人.
來自辭典例句
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