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词汇 assailing
释义 assailing
present participle ofassail
assail
verb
 formaluk /əˈseɪl/ us /əˈseɪl/
[ T ]
to attack someone violently or criticize someone strongly: 攻击,袭击;抨击
The victim had been assailed with repeated blows to the head and body.受害者的头部和身体遭到连续重击。
He was assailed with insults and abuse as he left the court.他离开法庭时,遭到众人的辱骂。
[ Toften passive ]
to cause someone to experience a lot of unpleasant things: 困扰;使苦恼
to be assailed by doubts/fears/problems为疑虑/恐惧/问题所困扰
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Examples of assailing


assailing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Further, such a creature might have a keen sense of smell, and be able to discriminate between thousands of categorically different smells assailing its smell organ.
We are assailing a matter that many judged would never be touched.
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Right will give us victory over those brutalities that are assailing us to-day.
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That gap is one cause of the unease, disorder and social problems which are increasingly assailing our urban areas.
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He encourages the psychopathic racism which is assailing us.
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You are not merely cutting down standards of life; you are assailing their manhood.
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Deposit-guarantee schemes have therefore been of crucial importance in protecting investors from the worst of the financial crisis currently assailing the world economy.
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He has not for one moment glozed over the hard facts of our position and the dangers that are assailing us.
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We are concerned with the sort of advertising material that is assailing the public view daily and which might well be offensive to the public at large.
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The results were influenced by the bad economic situation and the cases of corruption assailing the party.
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In 1930, he wrote an autobiography, defending his position and assailing his critics.
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Jara emerged as the first major voice of nueva cancin and began its tradition of assailing the perceived corruption of government officials.
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Armed with a snake (symbol of calumny), he is assailing what resembles a hermit, who is setting for the wisdom path from a pedestal, where is also the artist's signature.
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In the book, he answered his critics by holding up a mirror to their prejudice, detailing and assailing the claims of both his right-wing and left-wing detractors.
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