assault
noun
uk/əˈsɒlt/us/əˈsɑːlt/C2[CorU]
aviolentattack:
殴打；袭击，攻击He waschargedwithsexualassault.他被指控性侵犯。
UKThenumberofindecentassaults hasincreasedalarminglyover the pastyear.在过去的一年中，强暴猥亵案件数量的增长令人震惊。
an assaultonapoliceofficer袭击警察
Theylaunchedan assaultonthecapitalyesterday.昨天他们对首都发起了进攻。
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adeterminedorseriousattemptto do somethingdifficult:
攻关，攻坚；硬仗Women'sgroupshavedemandedanationwideassaultonsexismin theworkplace.妇女团体已经要求在全国范围内发动一场反对工作场所性别歧视的攻坚战。
Shediedheroicallyduring an assaultonthe world's second-highestmountain.她在尝试攀登世界第二高峰时英勇牺牲。
assault and battery[U]lawspecialized
athreattoinjuresomeonefollowedby aviolentattackon them :
暴力殴打Sixfanswerechargedwith assault andbatteryinconnectionwith last week'sgame.
- The assault waspremeditatedandparticularlybrutal.
- Cash Junior made afull-frontalassault on Hollywood's 'moraldelinquency'.
- Raciallymotivatedassaults on Asians areincreasing.
- Assaults onhospitalstaffhaveincreasedover the lastyear.
- Policearehuntingastudentattackerafter anunprovokedassault in anightclub.
Trying and making an effort
- A game
- all-out
- attempt
- attempted
- backwards
- bid
- commitment
- crack
- go for itidiom
- go forsomeone
- go out ofyourwayidiom
- go the extra mileidiom
- go to great lengthsidiom
- nose
- seek
- square the circleidiom
- step on the gasidiom
- stick atsomething
- stick tosomething
- strain after/for effectidiom
assault
verb[T]
uk/əˈsɒlt/us/əˈsɑːlt/C2
toattacksomeoneviolently:
殴打；袭击，攻击A woman and a man have beenconvictedof assaulting apoliceofficer.一名女子和一名男子被判袭警罪名成立。
He hadattemptedtosexuallyassault the woman.他试图对该妇女进行性侵犯。
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.