【assault】 - SAT备考词汇

assault

UK:  [ə'sɔːlt]

US:  [ə'sɔlt]

复数：assaults  过去分词：assaulted  现在分词：assaulting  

v.

1.攻击,袭击

2.猛烈抨击,向…进攻,袭击

3.突击

4.殴打;威胁

5.〔古语〕非议

6.伤害

7.冲进

n.

1.攻击,进攻

2.(动手或动口的)攻击

3.行凶;袭击罪

4.暴行

5.〔委婉语〕强奸

6.【军事】猛袭,袭击,突击

7.【法律】威胁;殴打

1 . Neither woman was badly injured, the police report said. The woman is being sought by police on charges of aggravated assault.
警察指出，事件中没有妇女严重受伤。目前，肇事者已被警方通辑，并被控加重攻击行为罪。

2 . The Americans begin firing artillery to ensure the SS infantry did not follow up the abortive assault made by the DR panzers.
美军开始炮击，以保证党卫军步兵不能继续进行失败的攻击。

3 . Overall, the immune system appeared to be on a hair trigger , prepared to assault gut bacteria and held in check only by T - regs.
大体上，免疫系统似乎是处在一触即发的状态，随时准备攻击肠道中的细菌，全靠调节性T细胞控制著。

4 . That leads to the ticklish question of whether the coalition would be prepared to help the rebels mount an assault on it.
这样以来联军又碰到了另外一个棘手的问题，那就是是否要协助反对派攻占苏尔特。

5 . Many a time have I been moved to pity and yet been unable to restrain impatient hands itching for the assault.
有许多次，我已心生怜悯，可又控制不住那狂躁不安的手，直痒痒地想再下手。