assail 音标拼音: [əs'el]
vt . 攻击,袭击;着手解决
攻击,袭击;着手解决
assail v 1 :
attack someone physically or emotionally ; "
The mugger assaulted the woman "; "
Nightmares assailed him regularly "
[
synonym : {
assail }, {
assault }, {
set on }, {
attack }]
2 :
launch an attack or assault on ;
begin hostilities or start warfare with ; "
Hitler attacked Poland on September 1 ,
1939 and started World War II "; "
Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week " [
synonym : {
attack }, {
assail }] [
ant : {
defend }]
3 :
attack in speech or writing ; "
The editors of the left -
leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker " [
synonym : {
attack },
{
round }, {
assail }, {
lash out }, {
snipe }, {
assault }]
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Assailing }.] [
OE .
assailen ,
asailen ,
OF .
asaillir ,
assailler ,
F .
assaillir ;
a (
L .
ad )
saillir to burst out ,
project ,
fr .
L .
salire to leap ,
spring ;
cf .
L .
assilire to leap or spring upon .
See {
Sally }.]
1 .
To attack with violence ,
or in a vehement and hostile manner ;
to assault ;
to molest ;
as ,
to assail a man with blows ;
to assail a city with artillery .
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No rude noise mine ears assailing . --
Cowper .
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No storm can now assail The charm he wears within . --
Keble .
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2 .
To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering ,
as an obstacle ,
difficulty ,
or the like .
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The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail . --
Pope .
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3 .
To attack morally ,
or with a view to produce changes in the feelings ,
character ,
conduct ,
existing usages ,
institutions ;
to attack by words ,
hostile influence ,
etc .;
as ,
to assail one with appeals ,
arguments ,
abuse ,
ridicule ,
and the like .
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The papal authority . . .
assailed . --
Hallam .
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They assailed him with keen invective ;
they assailed him with still keener irony . --
Macaulay .
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Syn :
To attack ;
assault ;
invade ;
encounter ;
fall upon .
See {
Attack }.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
assail ":
ambush ,
assault ,
attack ,
blister ,
blitz ,
bushwhack ,
castigate ,
censure ,
come at ,
come down on ,
crack down on ,
criminate ,
cry out against ,
cry out on ,
cry shame upon ,
descend on ,
descend upon ,
excoriate ,
fall on ,
fall upon ,
flay ,
fustigate ,
gang up on ,
go at ,
go for ,
harry ,
have at ,
hit ,
hit like lightning ,
implicate ,
impugn ,
incriminate ,
inculpate ,
involve ,
jump ,
land on ,
lash ,
lay at ,
lay hands on ,
lay into ,
light into ,
mug ,
pitch into ,
pounce upon ,
pound ,
roast ,
sail into ,
scarify ,
scathe ,
scorch ,
set on ,
set upon ,
skin alive ,
slash ,
strike ,
surprise ,
swoop down on ,
take the offensive ,
trounce ,
wade into
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