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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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

• 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 crown was beset with diamonds and jewels.
  皇冠上镶嵌着钻石和珠宝。
• 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。
• We will be more involved in the bigger ones that have beset your whole world.
  我们会更多地参与到包围你们整个世界的较大问题中。
• Social life is beset with disparities between others'perceptions of us and our reality.
  社会生活充满了别人对我们的看法和我们的实情之间的差距。
• Several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are beset by dwindling revenues and rising debts.
  撒哈拉沙漠以南的几个非洲国家正遭受财政收入减少和债务增加的困扰。
• 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。
• Our subject was some of the problems that beset our world.
  我们的主题就是困扰我们社会的一些问题。
• 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。
• Riddled with a thousand gaping wounds, this reactionary clique is now beset with difficulties and contradictions both in internal and external affairs.
  今天，这个反动集团百孔千疮，内外交困，矛盾重重。