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词汇 ambushed
释义 ambushed
past simple and past participle ofambush
ambush
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈæm.bʊʃ/ us /ˈæm.bʊʃ/
to suddenly attack someone after hiding and waiting for them: 伏击,埋伏突袭
Five soldiers died after their bus was ambushed on a country road.公车在一条乡村道路上遭到伏击,车上5名士兵身亡。
He was ambushed by gunmen on his way to work.他在上班的路上遭到了持枪歹徒的伏击。
Synonym
waylay
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to try to hurt someone using violence
attackHe was attacked in the car park.
assaultThe intruder assaulted him in his home.
go forUKShe suddenly lost her temper and went for me.
come atHe came at me with a baseball bat.
mugYes, that is the man who mugged me.
ambushThey ambushed him and left him for dead.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Attacking & invading
advance guard
aggressor
ambush
beleaguer
beleaguered
besiege
blitz
cyberbullying
cyberwarfare
declare war on someone/something
false flag
full-frontal assault
hit and run
pincer movement
post-attack
post-conquest
pre-emption
privateer
surgical strike
swoop

Examples of ambushed


ambushed

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


Beyond the veneer of elections, the state remains ambushed, privatised, repressive and unpopular.
Halhed thought that he had been ambushed while taking a leisure ride, while the villagers thought they were about to be attacked and therefore tried to defend themselves.
These are people who have been assassinated and ambushed in their homes.
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Driving away from the meet she was ambushed by a number of the hunting fraternity and physically attacked.
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It would be incredible if it were ambushed and bushwhacked there.
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It was foisted on him; he was ambushed.
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The intruder flees; the police are called, and invariably he is ambushed on the way home.
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Would he not agree that an ambush presupposes that it is known that the people to be ambushed are likely to come?
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The vehicles were travelling together but became separated, and the second vehicle was ambushed by bandits as it neared a road bend.
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I am sorry that my noble friend should have been ambushed in this way.
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He believes that people are "ambushed by death", and that hospitals never prepare families for the anguish and emotional pain of bereavement.
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The soldiers now being sniped and ambushed are the servants of the people responsible to the people.
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When these young men are ambushed, there is practically no opportunity whatever to retaliate.
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He and his men were ambushed just before they arrived at the village.
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They were ambushed by a large number of men, probably 50.
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