单词
assault
英 [?'s??lt; ?'s?lt]
美[?'s?lt]
基本信息
- n. 攻击；袭击
- vt. 攻击；袭击
- vi. 袭击；动武
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词态变化
复数:?assaults;第三人称单数:?assaults;过去式:?assaulted;过去分词:?assaulted;现在分词:?assaulting;
中文词源
assault 侵犯
前缀as-同ad-. -sault, 来自词根sal, 跳，见salmon,鲑鱼，跳鱼。-t, 构成反复格。
英文词源
- assault
- assault: [13] To assault somebody was originally to ‘jump on’ them. The word comes from a Vulgar Latin compound verb *assaltāre, formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and saltāre ‘jump’, a frequentative form (denoting repeated action) of the verb salīre ‘jump’ (which is the source of English salient, and by a similar compounding process produced assail [13]). In Old French this became asauter, and English originally borrowed it as asaute, but in the 16th century the l was reintroduced.
=> assail, somersault - assault (n.)
- late 14c., earlier asaut (c. 1200), from Old French asaut, assaut "an attack, an assault, attacking forces" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *adsaltus "attack, assault," from ad "to" (see ad-) + Latin saltus "a leap," from salire "to leap, spring" (see assail). In law by 1580s; historically, assault includes menacing words or actions; battery is an actual blow.
- assault (v.)
- early 15c., from Middle French asauter, assauter, from Vulgar Latin *assaltare (see assault (n.)). Related: Assaulted; assaulting.
双语例句
- 1. At the police station, I was charged with assault.
- 在警察局，我被指控殴打他人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. US forces are poised for a massive air, land and sea assault.
- 美国军队作好了发动大规模海、陆、空攻击的准备。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The family tried to bring a private prosecution against him for assault.
- 这家人试图以侵犯人身为由对他提起自诉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. John's soldiers were readying themselves for the final assault.
- 约翰的手下正在为最后的进攻做准备。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The rebels are poised for a new assault on the government garrisons.
- 叛军准备好要对政府驻军发起新一轮的猛攻。
来自柯林斯例句
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