embattled
英 [?m'b?tld]
美[?m'b?tld]
- adj. 嚴陣以待的；被敵人圍困的；心煩意亂的；邊緣呈雉形的
- v. 列陣；筑壘于（embattle的過去式和過去分詞）
TEM8低頻詞
中文詞源
embattled 危機四伏的
em-, 進入，使。battle，戰(zhàn)斗。
英文詞源
- embattled (adj.)
- "under attack," by 1882; earlier and more etymologically it meant "prepared to fight" (late 15c.), and (of structures) "fitted with battlements" (late 14c.); past participle adjective from embattle (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. the embattled party leader
- 處境艱難的黨的領導人
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
- 雙方都表示想努力為處于戰(zhàn)亂中的該島北部和東部地區(qū)尋求政治解決方案。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
- 焦頭爛額的總統(tǒng)還否認了最近有關他被自己的士兵挾持為人質的說法。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The two boys were sworn friends all the week, and embattled enemies on Saturdays.
- 這兩個朋友平日里是莫逆之交, 可到了星期六就成了對陣的敵人.
來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
- 5. The two boys were sworn friends all the weekdays, and embattled enemies on Saturdays.
- 這兩個朋友平日是莫逆之交, 一到星期六就是對陣的敵人.
來自辭典例句