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 ship was beset with ice.
  这船为冰所包围。
• 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。
• 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。
• The difficulties, pressures, temptations, etc that beset us all.
  缠绕着我们的困难，压力，诱惑等。
• Chinese consumers are much less affected by the pessimism that has beset shoppers in other countries.
  困扰着其他国家消费者的悲观情绪对中国消费者影响甚少。
• 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 voyage was beset with dangers.
  这次航程充满了危险。
• 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。
• In the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes.
  在沼泽地里，我们受到蚊子的围攻。