at.tack
v.(动词)
at.tacked,at.tack.ing,at.tacks
v.tr.(及物动词)
To set upon with violent force.
袭击,攻击:以暴力攻击
To criticize strongly or in a hostile manner.
抨击,责骂:严厉的或不礼貌的批评
To start work on with purpose and vigor:
着手,开始:有目的、精力旺盛的开始工作:
例句:
attack a problem.
着手解决问题
To begin to affect harmfully:
侵袭,侵犯:开始有害影响:
例句:
The disease had already attacked the central nervous system.
疾病已侵犯了中枢神经系统
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To make an attack; launch an assault:
袭击,突击:进行攻击;发动攻击:
例句:
The enemy attacked during the night.
敌人在夜间发动攻击
n.(名词)
The act or an instance of attacking; an assault.
进攻,攻击:攻击的行为或实例;猛烈而突然的袭击
An expression of strong criticism; hostile comment:
攻击,抨击:严厉谴责的表达;恶意的评论:
例句:
vicious attacks in all the newspapers.
在所有报纸上进行抨击
Sports
【体育运动】
An offensive action in a sport or game.
进攻动作:体育运动或游戏中采取的进攻
The players executing such an action.
进攻队员:体育运动中采取进攻的运动员
The initial movement in a task or undertaking:
着手,开始:任务或事业的开始:
例句:
made an optimistic attack on the pile of paperwork.
乐观地着手一大堆的案头工作
An episode or onset of a disease, especially an occurrence of a chronic disease:
患病,突然发病:患病的经历或疾病的开始,尤指慢性疾病的发作:
例句:
an asthma attack.
气喘病发作
The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire:
渴望:某种感觉、需求或渴望的经历或开始:
例句:
an attack of hunger; an attack of melancholy.
饥饿感觉的侵袭;感到忧郁
Music The beginning or manner of beginning a piece, passage, or tone.
【音乐】 起声,起奏:一段、一章或一曲音乐的开始或风格
Decisiveness and clarity in artistic expression:
感染力:艺术表达的力度及思想的明晰:
例句:
a careful performance, but one lacking the rigorous attack the work demands.
一场精心设计但缺乏作品所需感染力的表演
来源:
French attaquer
法语 attaquer
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Old Italian *estaccare
源自 古意大利语 *estaccare
[of Germanic origin]
[日耳曼语源的]
【引伸】
attack.er
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>attack,bombard,assail,storm,assault,besetThese verbs mean to set upon, physically or figuratively.
这些动词都表示实际或象征性地攻击。
Attack applies to offensive action, physical or verbal, and especially to the onset of planned aggression:
attack 暗示对身体上或言辞上的进攻行为,尤指有计划地发动进攻:
例句:
The commandos attacked the outpost at dawn.
突击队员于拂晓时袭击了前哨基地。
例句:
The governor was attacked by the press for failing to keep a campaign promise.
市长因未遵守竞选时的诺言而被报界攻击。
Bombard suggests showering with bombs or shells (
Bombard 指炸弹或炮弹轰击(
例句:
The fleet anchored in the bay and bombarded the town) or figuratively with words (
舰队在海湾抛锚并轰击了城镇) 或用言语象征性的攻击(
例句:
The television star was bombarded with invitations).
请帖象炮弹般发向电视明星)。
Assail implies repeated attacks:
Assail 意指反复地打击:
例句:
an area assailed by enemy forces from both directions;
被敌人武装力量从两个方向袭击的地区;
例句:
a novel assailed by critics;
一部被评论家抨击的小说;
例句:
a member of the jury assailed by doubts.
许多陪审员被疑点所困扰。
Storm refers to a sudden, sweeping attempt to achieve a victory:
Storm 指为获取胜利而进行的突然、全面的袭击:
例句:
Some of the rebels were killed in the act of storming the citadel.
一些反叛者在突袭城堡时被杀。
例句:
.Yet, only a few months after triumphantly storming the country, [the President] is obliged to storm Capitol Hill, with greater difficulty and with less than complete success. (Economist).
.然而,胜利席卷乡村后只有几个月的时间, 就被迫去进攻坎皮特山,困难很大然而取得全面成功的机会很小. (经济学家)。
Assault usually implies sudden, intense violence:
Assault 通常指突发的集中的暴力行为:
例句:
Muggers often assault their victims on dark streets.
歹徒时常在黑暗的街道上攻击被害者。
例句:
Strobe lights assaulted my eyes.
灯光刺伤了我的眼睛。
Beset suggests beleaguerment from all sides by an enemy force or by adversity:
Beset 指受到敌人武装力量或敌对者的各方围攻:
例句:
The fox was beset by hunters and hounds.
狐狸被猎人和猎狗围攻。
例句:
The city council is beset by problems.
城市委员会遇到各种难题