assailed
past simple and past participle ofassail
| 单词 | assailed |
| 释义 | assailed past simple and past participle ofassail assail verb formaluk/əˈseɪl/us/əˈseɪl/[T] toattacksomeoneviolentlyorcriticizesomeonestrongly: Thevictimhad been assailedwithrepeatedblowsto theheadandbody. He was assailedwithinsultsandabuseas heleftthecourt. [Toften passive] tocausesomeone toexperiencea lot ofunpleasantthings: to be assailedbydoubts/fears/problems Disapproving & criticizing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Occurring and happening Examplesofassailedassailed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Such an ideological pincer movement cannot easily beassailedwith the common sense of policy making. From theCambridge English Corpus Under this scenario, the worth of their patent will be useless if it isassailedby an aggressive black market. From theCambridge English Corpus Such assumptions areassailedas idealistic and static. From theCambridge English Corpus In the ' ' culture wars ' ' of the 1980s, the multicultural approach wasassailedfor exaggerating racial and ethnic differences and thereby undermining common bonds. From theCambridge English Corpus With the apparent complicity of the authorities, women were threatened,assailedand harassed into compliance. From theCambridge English Corpus Assailedby the 'forces of darkness', 'civic-minded' citizens rallied to win back control of the city. From theCambridge English Corpus Once the economy's lifeblood, the industry is nowassailedby the effects of trade liberalisation and threatened loss of protection in an increasingly competitive global commodity market. From theCambridge English Corpus Kronecker, in the nineteenth century,assailedset theory as too abstract and rejected all the infinitary mathematics built on its base. From theCambridge English Corpus Over the century, the baker's guild wasassailedwith growing venom as an anti-social racket restricting admissions to the trade, monopolizing custom, pushing prices up, and making fortunes. From theCambridge English Corpus He is quiet and decent and is an anchor in the storms which haveassailedhis home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It wasassailedby him no more bitterly in the past than it wasassailedby him to-night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot see why we should beassailedby sales talk of a foreign kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He isassailedby contradictory advice from all sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand it isassailedas not going far enough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On that ground they will no doubt beassailed. From the Hansard archive 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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