Verb:

1. attack someone physically or emotionally;

   "The mugger assaulted the woman"
   "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
   

2. launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with;

   "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"
   "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
   

3. attack in speech or writing;

   "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
   

1.猛烈抨击；强烈指责
If someoneassails you, they criticize you strongly.

e.g. The opposition's newspapersassail the government each day...
反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。
e.g. The labour movement has been assailed by accusations of sexism and demands for change from feminists.
劳工运动遭到女权主义者的猛烈抨击，指责其存在性别歧视，并要求作出改善。

2.猛烈袭击;暴力攻击
If someoneassails you, they attack you violently.

e.g. Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time...
摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。
e.g. Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a Glasgow park.
她的丈夫在格拉斯哥的一所公园遭到一名持刀年轻男子的袭击。

3.深受…困扰;使极为苦恼
If youare assailed by something unpleasant such as fears or problems, you are greatly troubled by a large number of them.

assail

e.g. She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity.
她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。

4.（声音或气味）侵入，刺激
If you say that a loud sound or a strong smellassails someone's ears or nostrils, you are emphasizing that it is very intense and seems shocking or unpleasant.

assail的翻译

e.g. The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.
燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。

1. 攻击：arrange 处理,调解 |assail 攻击 | assault 攻击

2. assail是什么意思

2. 纠缠：disembark 下船上岸 |assail 纠缠 | marble 玻璃球,大理石

3. 溜之大吉：horse = 神马奔雷 |assail = 溜之大吉 | aaron = 火焰飞击

4. 抨击,指责：arsenal 军械库;兵工厂 |assail 抨击,指责 | assassinate 暗杀;行刺

He was assailed with fierce blows to the head.

他的头遭到猛烈殴打。

The proposal was assailed by the opposition party.

提案遭到反对党的抨击。

(figurative)A vile smell assailed my nostrils.

一股恶臭十分刺鼻。

to be assailed by worries'/doubts'/fears

为焦虑 / 疑虑 / 担心所困扰

Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a Glasgow park.

她的丈夫在格拉斯哥的一所公园遭到一名持刀年轻男子的袭击。

She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity.

她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。

The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.

燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。

Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time...

摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。

The labour movement has been assailed by accusations of sexism and demands for change from feminists.

劳工运动遭到女权主义者的猛烈抨击，指责其存在性别歧视，并要求作出改善。

The opposition's newspapers assail the government each day...

反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。

What force would be powerful or daring enough to assail the stronghold of these ancient worms?

什么势力有实力和胆量攻击这些远古巨龙的要塞 呢 ?

The doubts and fears didn't assail the very strongest.

疑惑和恐惧没有困扰最坚强的人.

Rubeus Hagrid : Its dynamical discover there. Theres a assail coming, Harry, meet same terminal time.

鲁伯·海格: 哈利, 这里正在发生变化,一场暴风雨即将来临, 就像上次一样.

Here dark woods, stone cold assail.

这里幽暗阴森, 石冷袭人.

The enemy may assail our defense positions tomorrow.

敌人可能明天就攻击我们的防守据点.

We should assist parents not assail them.

因此我们应该帮助父母们,而不是指责他们.

You ought to assail all the difficulties that may come your way with great courage.

你应该勇敢地面对所有可能迎面而来的困难.

It gets all the time the assail of bourgeois scholar.

它一直受到资产阶级学者的抨击.

My heart is in anguish within me ; the terrors of death assail me.

我心在我里面甚是疼痛.死的惊惶临到我身.

What did Sarah finally do as doubts continued to assail her concerning the promise?

对于这个应许,当怀疑不断向她进攻时,最后撒拉作了什么事?

The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors.

如果人民有此意愿, 那他们可以这样做,而作为总统来说,则不可能这样做.

Ling: ( laughs ) Good job , Shin! You knew he would try to assail me, right ?

灵: ( 笑 ) 童心作得好! 你知道他会来打我是 吗 ?

You ought to assail all the difficulty that may come your way with great courage.

你应当勇敢地面对所有可能迎面而来的困难.

No tree becomes rooted and sturdy unless many a wind assail it.

不经多次风吹,树本难固枝荣.

Then doubts and fears did assail the very strongest.

那时,疑惑和恐惧的确困扰过意志最坚强的人.

The opposition's newspapers assail the government each day.

反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。

• It is for the Vulgar to assail one another like brute Beasts.

  出自：Steele

• Tribal revolts and Scottish raids continually assailed the northern frontier system.

  出自：W. S. Churchill

attack，assail，assault，charge，beset

都含有"攻击"的意思。

attack常用词, 指"攻击敌人"或"用言论攻击他人"。

assail指"猛烈连续地攻击"。

assault语气比 assail强, 指"突然猛烈地进攻", 暗示"武力的直接接触" (如肉搏等), 也有"暴力"的意思。

charge指"冲击"或"骑兵的突然攻击"。

beset指"围攻", 即从各个方向攻击。