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 project has been beset by problems from the start.
  这项工程从一开始就被一些问题所困扰。
• Beset with controversies, the Games have perhaps not proved too attractive for many who signed up.
  困扰与争议，奥运会有可能不是太有吸引力了许多证明谁签署了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 country is beset by severe economic problems.
  这个国家被严重的经济问题所困扰。
• The UN is increasingly deadlocked – beset by weak leadership and a blocked security council.
  联合国正日益陷入僵局&备受领导软弱和安理会受阻的困扰。
• Every April I am beset by the same concern& that spring might not occur this year.
  每年的四月份，我都会被同样的担心所困扰，那就是这一年不会有春天了。