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单词 attack
释义
attack
verb
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/

attackverb(HURT)

B1[IorT]
totrytohurtordefeatusingviolence:
袭击；殴打；攻击；进攻
He was attacked andseriouslyinjuredby agangofyouths.他被一帮年轻人打成重伤。
Armyforceshave been attacking thetownsincedawn.从拂晓开始，军队就对这个城市展开了进攻。
Mostwildanimalswon't attackunlessthey areprovoked.大多数野生动物若非被激怒，是不会主动攻击的。
Compare
defend(PROTECT)
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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More examples
  • Hervoiceshookas shespokeabout thepersonwho attacked her.
  • He attacked the man with abrokenbottle.
  • She used tolovecatsbut one attacked her and she doesn't like themanymore.
  • Thearmyhas beencriticizedfor attacking theunarmedcivilianpopulation.
  • Earlier today a man wasarrestedfor attacking amotoristin aroadrageincident.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attacking & invading
  • aggressor
  • ambush
  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • false flag
  • foray
  • going-over
  • hard power
  • hit and run
  • incursion
  • kamikaze
  • post-conquest
  • privateer
  • raid
  • reconquer
  • reconquest
  • swoop
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attackverb(CRITICIZE)

C1[T]
tocriticizesomeonestrongly:
抨击；责难
Shewroteanarticleattacking thejudgesandtheirconductof thetrial.她写了一篇文章抨击法官以及他们的审案方式。
Thereportattacks theideaofexamsfor seven and eight-year-olds.这篇报道抨击了对七八岁的孩子进行考试的计划。
Synonyms
castigateformal
censureformal
chastise(CRITICIZE)formal
condemn
criticize
damn(BLAME)
decryformal
denounce(CRITICIZE)
excoriateformal
railformal
revileformal
slaminformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to show disapproval of someone or something
  • criticizeHe criticized the government's handling of the crisis.
  • attackShe wrote an article attacking the judge and the way the trial had been conducted.
  • condemnShe was condemned for her comments about the candidate.
  • denounceThe government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
  • come under fireThe government programme has come under fire for mismanaging funds.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disapproving & criticizing
  • anathematize
  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • aw
  • backbite
  • boo
  • criticism
  • deprecate
  • dim
  • niggle
  • nitpick
  • opprobrious
  • peanut gallery
  • people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
  • personalization
  • personalize
  • philippic
  • sarky
  • tear
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attackverb(DAMAGE)

C2[T]
If something, such as adiseaseor achemical, attacks something, itdamagesit:
（疾病、化学品等）侵袭；侵害；侵蚀
AIDSattacks the body'simmunesystem.艾滋病破坏人体的免疫系统。
Myrosebushesare being attacked byaphids.我的蔷薇花丛正在遭受蚜虫的侵害。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
  • at-risk
  • butcher
  • erode
  • flaw
  • foul
  • foul(something)up
  • gild the lilyidiom
  • gloss
  • gnaw
  • rampage
  • ravage
  • ravages
  • ruin
  • scourge
  • sour
  • wreck
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attackverb(SPORT)

[IorT]
Ifplayersin ateamattack, theymoveforwardtotrytoscorepoints,goals, etc.
（体育比赛中）进攻
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General terms used in ball sports
  • aggregate score
  • assist
  • back pass
  • backspin
  • ballplayer
  • bend
  • defend
  • hat trick
  • in boundsidiom
  • inbounds pass
  • indirect free kick
  • kicker
  • laysomeoneoff
  • loft
  • penalty
  • smash-mouth
  • spot kick
  • square ball
  • timeout
  • underhand
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attackverb(DEAL WITH)

[T]
todealwith somethingquicklyand in aneffectiveway:
迅速处理；高效解决；全力应付
We have to attack theseproblemsnow andfindsomesolutions.我们必须现在就处理这些问题并拿出解决方案。
Thechildrenrushedin andeagerlyattacked thefood(=quicklystartedtoeatit).孩子们冲进屋里狼吞虎咽地大吃起来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dealing with things or people
  • attend tosomeone/something
  • be all over itidiom
  • beard the lion (inhis/herden)idiom
  • bed
  • come/get to grips withsomethingidiom
  • cut
  • fire
  • have it out withsomeoneidiom
  • hold onidiom
  • I/I've got thisidiom
  • ill-prepared
  • jump-start
  • overcome
  • tough
  • toughsomethingout
  • turn
  • turn tosomeone/something
  • unprocessed
  • weather
  • weather the stormidiom
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/

attacknoun(VIOLENT ACT)

B1[CorU]
aviolentactintendedtohurtordamagesomeone or something:
袭击；攻击；进攻
aracistattack种族主义袭击
Enemyforceshavemadean attackonthecity.敌军已经对这座城市发起了进攻。
Thesebombblastssuggestthat theterroristsare(going)on theattack(=tryingtodefeatorhurtotherpeople)again.这些爆炸事件表明，恐怖主义分子又发起了进攻。
Thetownwasonceagainunderattack(= being attacked).这座城市再次遭受攻击。
More examples
  • Theterroristattack on the UNbuildinghasshockedthecivilizedworld.
  • Thesubmarinedivedjust intimetoavoidtheenemyattack.
  • Thepolicehave toarmthemselves against attack.
  • An 80-year-old woman wasbadlyhurtin what thepolicedescribeas anapparentlymotivelessattack .
  • Therebelheadquarterstook adirecthitfrom abombduring the attack.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attacking & invading
  • aggressor
  • ambush
  • beleaguer
  • beleaguered
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • false flag
  • foray
  • going-over
  • hard power
  • hit and run
  • incursion
  • kamikaze
  • post-conquest
  • privateer
  • raid
  • reconquer
  • reconquest
  • swoop
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attacknoun(CRITICISM)

C2[CorU]
astrongcriticismof someone or something:
抨击；责难
ascathingattack on thepresident对总统的严厉抨击
Thegovernmenthascome underattackfrom allsidesforcuttingeducationspending.政府因为削减教育开支而受到各方面的强烈批评。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disapproving & criticizing
  • anathematize
  • animadversion
  • aspersion
  • assail
  • aw
  • backbite
  • boo
  • criticism
  • deprecate
  • dim
  • niggle
  • nitpick
  • opprobrious
  • peanut gallery
  • people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesidiom
  • personalization
  • personalize
  • philippic
  • sarky
  • tear
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attacknoun(ILLNESS)

[C]
asuddenandshortperiodofillness:
（疾病等的）突然发作
an attack ofasthma/flu/malaria哮喘／流感／疟疾的突然发作
figurativean attack of thegiggles突然一阵咯咯傻笑
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Disease & illness - general words
  • aggressiveness
  • autoimmune disease
  • bilharzia
  • bluetongue
  • calculus
  • CFS
  • hypochondriac
  • iatrogenic
  • ill health
  • impairment
  • incurably
  • outbreak
  • pathology
  • pathway
  • seizure
  • terminally
  • uncomplicated
  • variant
  • worried well
  • zoonosis
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attacknoun(SPORT)

B1[CorU]
thepartof ateamin somesportsthattriestoscorepoints:
（球队中的）进攻（位置）
Theteamhas astrongattack, butitsdefenceisweak.这支球队攻击力强大，但防守很薄弱。
Theteamisstronginattack butuselessindefence.这支球队攻势凶猛，但防守不堪一击。
[U]
determinationin the way youplayasport,tryinghard toscorepoints:
（体育运动中的）进攻
Theteamneedsto put some more attack intoitsgame.这支球队在比赛中需要加强攻势。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Competitors & participants in sports & games
  • back four
  • baller
  • ballplayer
  • base jumper
  • benchwarmer
  • challenger
  • competitor
  • jumper
  • keeper
  • long-jumper
  • longboarder
  • major league
  • mid-table
  • midfield anchor
  • retire
  • trampolinist
  • trialist
  • triathlete
  • triple jumper
  • triple threat
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Competing in sport
(Definition ofattackfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

attack| American Dictionary

attack
verb
us
/əˈtæk/

attackverb(HURT)

[I/T]
totrytohurtordefeatsomeone or something usingviolence:
[T]Twocamperswere attacked by abearlastnight.
[I]Mostwildanimalswon't attackunlessthey areprovoked.
[I/T]
If adiseaseor achemicalattacks something, itdamagesit:
[T]Thestresshormonecortisol attacks theimmunesystem.

attackverb(CRITICIZE)

[T]
tocriticizesomeone or somethingstrongly:
Critics have attacked herideasas antidemocratic.
In TVads, he attacked his opponent’srecord.

attacker

noun[C]us
/əˈtæk·ər/
attack
noun[C/U]
us
/əˈtæk/

attacknoun[C/U](HURT)

An attack is also asudden,shortperiodofillness, or asuddenfeelingthat you cannotcontrol:
[C]anasthmaattack
[C]How do youletyourkidsgo without havinganxietyattacks?

attacknoun[C/U](CRITICISM)

An attack is alsostrongcriticismof someone or something:
[U]The more hespeaksout, the more he comes under attack.

Idiom

on the attack
(Definition ofattackfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofattack

attack
A multinational attacked the nation's dignity by colonising a national image for its global enterprise.
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We only have inadequate knowledge of the planned attacks, but we are sure of the detainee's involvement and of the attack's seriousness and imminence.
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He could still change his mind about the attacks (or he could be run over by a bus).
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Lizards attacked far fewer sawfly larvae than pierid caterpillars.
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We also hear of demonstrations in which pilgrims were booed or attacked by anticlerical crowds.#!
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The predators deterred/household cattle cross effects variable suggests that households with larger cattle herds are willing to pay more to deter predators from attacking.
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Over the next 14 months, the child remained cyanosed, becoming increasingly so with time, but with no history of overt hypercyanotic attacks.
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They were taught how to ward off and resist unexpected attacks and disable their attacker.
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Last year pro had two heart attacks within two to three months.
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Secondly, he was a fellow bishop and these attacks besmirched the honour of the office which he shared with other prelates.
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Night terrors (different from nightmares) and somnambulism attacks also occur during slow wave sleep, all these data showing non-visual mental activity during sleep.
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How does one go from neurons firing to the dream experience of being attacked, and what are the mechanisms to achieve this transformation?
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Attacks resulting in death and consumption of the prey were deemed successful attacks.
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Unfortunately, this situation becomes even more complicated when a given problem is attacked by perturbation methods.
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The objective is to clearly identify the potential role and also the limits of agricultural technology in attacking poverty.
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Collocationswithattack

attack

These are words often used in combination withattack.

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acute attack
Treatment of tension headache involves reassurance, simple analgesia as abortive treatment for the acute attack and treatment of any psychopathology that may be present.
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aggressive attack
When landowners are faced with such anaggressiveattack, naturally, they respond by being aggressive in their own right.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
air attack
Suchairattackis said to be pressed home at levels determined by military considerations only.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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