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

• 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。
• In the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes.
  在沼泽地里，我们受到蚊子的围攻。
• He bought her a bracelet beset with pearls.
  他给她买了一只镶嵌着珍珠的手镯。
• 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。
• The ship was beset with ice.
  这船为冰所包围。
• 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 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 difficulties, pressures, temptations, etc that beset us all.
  缠绕着我们的困难，压力，诱惑等。
• And limitations of this sort beset me on every side.
  这种种限制从四面八方困扰着我。
• 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。