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beset

英 [bɪˈset]

美 [bɪˈset]

v.  困扰; 威胁

过去分词:beset 过去式:beset 第三人称单数:besets 现在分词:besetting 

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Collins.1 / BNC.11120 / COCA.13356

牛津词典

    verb

    • 困扰;威胁
      to affect sb/sth in an unpleasant or harmful way
      1. The team was beset by injury all season.
        这个队整个赛季都因队员受伤而受困扰。
      2. It's one of the most difficult problems besetting our modern way of life.
        那是困扰我们现代生活方式的最棘手的其中一个问题。

    柯林斯词典

      The form beset is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. beset的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。

    • VERB 困扰;烦扰;使苦恼
      If someone or somethingis beset byproblems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
      1. The country is beset by severe economic problems.
        这个国家被严重的经济问题所困扰。
      2. The discussions were beset with difficulties.
        讨论困难重重。
      3. ...the problems now besetting the country.
        现在正困扰该国的问题

    双语例句

    • D., is hopeful that Tang's work will avoid the pitfalls that beset Elan's vaccine.
      对Tang的研究满怀希望,因为Tang的研究能避免困扰Elan公司的疫苗缺陷。
    • Chinese consumers are much less affected by the pessimism that has beset shoppers in other countries.
      困扰着其他国家消费者的悲观情绪对中国消费者影响甚少。
    • We are a harried people, beset by oppressors.
      我们是一伙苦恼人,我们受尽了压迫者的迫害。
    • The ship was beset with ice.
      这船为冰所包围。
    • The same disease problems beset the broiler industry in the early stages of development.
      这些疾病在肉用仔鸡业发展的早期曾造成了困难。
    • The country is beset by severe economic problems.
      这个国家被严重的经济问题所困扰。
    • The grouping is beset by many of the policy conflicts and tensions that have paralysed the Doha round.
      导致多哈回合瘫痪的许多政策冲突和紧张关系,也同样困扰着这个组织。
    • It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems
      这是个为各种内城常见问题所困扰的社区。
    • The problems which beset us and threaten to destroy us.
      困扰着我们、使我们面临着毁灭威胁的问题。
    • These countries are beset by a chronic and serious unemployment problem.
      这些国家长期存在着严重的失业问题。