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单词 embattled
释义
embattled
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈbæt.əld/us
/ɪmˈbæt̬.əld/
having a lot ofproblemsordifficulties:
危机四伏的；处境艰难的
an embattledgovernment危机四伏的政府
embattledteachers焦头烂额的老师
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Experiencing difficulties
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  • doo-doo
  • fall intosomething
  • flounder
  • frying pan
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(Definition ofembattledfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

embattled| American Dictionary

embattled
adjective
us
/ɪmˈbæt̬·əld/
having a lot ofproblemsordifficulties:
The embattledleadersaretryingtoholdon totheirpositions.
(Definition ofembattledfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

embattled| Business English

embattled
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪmˈbætld/us
experiencinga lot ofproblemsordifficulties:
The company's embattledchiefexecutivecame in for moremediacriticismtoday.
(Definition ofembattledfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofembattled

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The school cases also started a process which gaveembattledminority groups a new and promising defensive strategy.
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Faced with soil degradation, water pollution and biodiversity loss, the survey points to biotechnology as theembattledsavior.
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The tensions inherent in the reformers' relations with the court were intensified by feelings of insecurity as anembattledminority within the nation.
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In these snapshots, modernity is not a spectacle to be consumed in detachment but anembattled, painfully negotiated process.
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Towering rooftop studios throwing up anembattledskyline.
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Despite the best efforts of theembattledarchbishop, the doctrine it contained was - with one important exception - unremittingly conservative.
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Historians writing with one eye on anembattledview of the political situation might have had their reasons for wishing to share in the fabrication.
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Thereby the interpretation offered powerful justification for the study of women when the field wasembattled.
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These are war cries of one side in the conflict (oftenembattledreactionaries or counterrevolutionaries), not objective categories.
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Western intellectuals in the critical social sciences feelembattledand outflanked on these two sides.
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As such, their contribution to politics is felt in the districts where their views areembattled.
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True, the enlightened observer could turnembattledparticipant, but then all sense of tranquility would be lost.
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This way of being inevitably produces certain patterns in attitude, particularly when linked to a romantic image of theembattledartist.
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The clubhouse also offered games, music and dance, and-a commentary on theembattledmentality of a colony determined to defend itself-physical training on virtually military lines.
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Without this, potential members of the wider public health workforce may respond defensively and resist alignment to public health goals in order to protect theirembattledworkspaces.
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