assault
UK [ə'sɒlt] US [-'sɑ:lt] noun
ADVANCED countable or uncountable
■a violent attack 殴打；袭击，攻击•He was charged with sexual assault.他被指控性侵犯。 •UK The number of indecent assaults has increased alarmingly over the past year.在过去的一年中，强暴猥亵案件数量的增长令人惊讶。 •an assault on a police officer袭击员警 •They launched an assault on the capital yesterday.昨天他们进攻首都。 countable
■a determined or serious attempt to do something difficult 攻关，攻坚；硬仗•Women's groups have demanded a nationwide assault on sexism in the workplace.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硬仗。 •She died heroically during an assault on the world's second-highest mountain.她在尝试攀登世界第二高峰时英勇牺牲。 assault and battery legal uncountable
■a threat to attack someone followed by a violent physical act 暴力殴打
UK [ə'sɒlt] US [-'sɑ:lt] verb transitive
■to attack someone violently 殴打；袭击，攻击•A woman and a man have been convicted of assaulting a police officer.一名女子和一名男子被判袭警罪名成立。 •He had attempted to sexually assault the woman.他试图对该妇女进行性侵犯。 |