attacking
present participle ofattack
| 单词 | attacking |
| 释义 | attacking present participle ofattack attack verb uk/əˈtæk/us/əˈtæk/attackverb(HURT)B1[IorT] totrytohurtordefeatusingviolence: He was attacked andseriouslyinjuredby agangofyouths. Armyforceshave been attacking thetownsincedawn. Mostwildanimalswon't attackunlessthey areprovoked. Compare defend(PROTECT) to try to hurt someone using violence
Attacking & invading
attackverb(CRITICIZE)C1[T] tocriticizesomeonestrongly: Shewroteanarticleattacking thejudgesandtheirconductof thetrial. Thereportattacks theideaofexamsfor seven and eight-year-olds. Synonyms castigateformal censureformal chastise(CRITICIZE)formal condemn criticize damn(BLAME) decryformal denounce(CRITICIZE) excoriateformal railformal revileformal slaminformal to show disapproval of someone or something
Disapproving & criticizing
attackverb(DAMAGE)C2[T] If something, such as adiseaseor achemical, attacks something, itdamagesit: AIDSattacks the body'simmunesystem. Myrosebushesare being attacked byaphids. Damaging and spoiling
attackverb(SPORT)[IorT] Ifplayersin ateamattack, theymoveforwardtotrytoscorepoints,goals, etc. General terms used in ball sports
attackverb(DEAL WITH)[T] todealwith somethingquicklyand in aneffectiveway: We have to attack theseproblemsnow andfindsomesolutions. Thechildrenrushedin andeagerlyattacked thefood(=quicklystartedtoeatit). Dealing with things or people
Examplesofattackingattacking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, in non-outbreak years, the overall population dynamics of grasshoppers appears to be influenced significantly by a suite of natural enemiesattackingsuccessive developmental stages. From theCambridge English Corpus Paradoxically, this might be taken to prove the point which she isattacking: that the early modern translations are unreliable. From theCambridge English Corpus We have described a novel approach toattackingthe proliferation of information agent ontologies. From theCambridge English Corpus To explain this case of an apparently weaker stateattackinga stronger one, two theories have been advanced. From theCambridge English Corpus However,attackinga nonthreat does not have the same core of appropriateness. From theCambridge English Corpus The advocates of lighthouse reform were thus not merelyattackingcorruption, they wereattackingthe very existence of private property in a public service. From theCambridge English Corpus They have been treated asattackinga single source of heterodox opinion. From theCambridge English Corpus Theattackingnucleophilic amino group (circled red) is blue, and the attacked carbonyl carbon green. From theCambridge English Corpus Neighbouring villages would typically share a common grazing area to prevent stock rustlers fromattackingboys caring for livestock far from the settlements. From theCambridge English Corpus Since these measures reflect the cost of only one animalattackingone time, the shares of mean income are generally low. From theCambridge English Corpus Led by slogan-shouting maulav-s, the crowd swarmed the platform with i the intention ofattackingthe train. From theCambridge English Corpus Generalist predators, such as spiders, ants and ladybirds, occurred on the willows but were never observedattackingthe eggs. From theCambridge English Corpus We are certainlyattackingmore and more complex conditions, including those considered hopeless not very long ago. From theCambridge English Corpus The retailers, so they argued, were impeding the government's deflationary policy and were indirectlyattackingthe buying power of wage-earners. From theCambridge English Corpus Attackinganxiety : a naturalistic study of a multimedia self-help program. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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