单词详解 | beset

beset
音标
英音/ bɪˈset / 美音/ bɪˈset /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Coming from a small city in the western state of Gujarat, Faruqui’s childhood was beset with tragedies.
法鲁基来自西部古吉拉特邦的一个小城市,他的童年充满了悲剧。
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And so Parton’s I Will Always Love You – an ode of heartfelt thanks beset with steely defiance – was born.
于是,帕顿的《我将永远爱你》诞生了,这是一首充满着钢铁般反抗的衷心感谢颂歌。
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The 2018 World Cup winner’s return to Turin has been beset by persistent injury problems which also saw him miss last year’s World Cup in Qatar.
这位2018年世界杯冠军回到都灵后一直受到持续的伤病困扰,这也导致他错过了去年在卡塔尔举行的世界杯。
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基本释意
verb
assail or attack on all sides
困扰,烦扰

同义词
set upon,chevvy,chevy,chivvy,chivy,harass,harry,hassle,molest,plague,provoke,encrust,incrust

短释义
Beset also has a very different meaning: to decorate or encrust with jewels or other ornamentation. If you are attending a ball, you may choose a gown that is beset with silver sequins, just be careful that you don’t end up looking like a giant disco ball.
围攻意味着从四面八方发起攻击——入侵的军队将围攻一座城堡,或者你可能会发现自己被一场毁灭性的风暴所围困。

长释义
Beset also has a very different meaning: to decorate or encrust with jewels or other ornamentation. If you are attending a ball, you may choose a gown that is beset with silver sequins, just be careful that you don’t end up looking like a giant disco ball.
Beset 还有一个非常不同的含义:用珠宝或其他装饰品来装饰或镶嵌。如果您要参加舞会,您可以选择一件镶有银色亮片的礼服,但要小心,不要看起来像一个巨大的迪斯科舞会。

文学例句
The chill of Mrs. Fairfax’s warnings, and the damp of her doubts were upon me: something of unsubstantiality and uncertainty had beset my hopes.
费尔法克斯夫人的警告让我感到寒意,她的怀疑让我感到潮湿:一些不切实际和不确定的东西困扰着我的希望。
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The country around was beset by a frightful monster, the Sphinx, a creature shaped like a winged lion, but with the breast and face of a woman.
周围的国家被一种可怕的怪物所困扰,狮身人面像,一种形状像有翼狮子的生物,但有着女人的胸部和脸。
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

Dr. Trefusis watched me go, as the children, screeching with delight, were beset upon by lions.
特雷弗西斯医生看着我离开,孩子们高兴地尖叫着,被狮子围攻。
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson

词源
beset (v.)Old English besettan “to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege,” from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (source also of Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense “to press upon vigorously from all sides” also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
beset (v.)古英语 besettan “放置、放置、拥有、保留、占据、定居、覆盖、包围、围攻”,源自原始日耳曼语 *bisatjan (也源自古撒克逊语 bisettjan、荷兰语 bezetten、古高地德语bisezzan,德语 besetzen,哥特语 bisatjan);参见 be- + set (v.)。古英语中也有“从四面八方大力施压”的比喻意义。相关:Beset(过去时);困扰。相关条目及更多


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