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 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. 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 ambushedambushed 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Driving away from the meet she was ambushed by a number of the hunting fraternity and physically attacked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be incredible if it were ambushed and bushwhacked there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was foisted on him; he was ambushed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The intruder flees; the police are called, and invariably he is ambushed on the way home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would he not agree that an ambush presupposes that it is known that the people to be ambushed are likely to come? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The vehicles were travelling together but became separated, and the second vehicle was ambushed by bandits as it neared a road bend. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry that my noble friend should have been ambushed in this way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He believes that people are "ambushed by death", and that hospitals never prepare families for the anguish and emotional pain of bereavement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The soldiers now being sniped and ambushed are the servants of the people responsible to the people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When these young men are ambushed, there is practically no opportunity whatever to retaliate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He and his men were ambushed just before they arrived at the village. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were ambushed by a large number of men, probably 50. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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