
英:/'ɪmˈbætld/ 美:/'ɪmˈbætld/
比較級:more embattled 最高級:most embattled
SAT
adj. 嚴陣以待的;被敵人圍困的;心煩意亂的;邊緣呈雉形的
v. 列陣;築壘于(embattle的過去式和過去分詞)
The embattled teacher was worried about his students' grades.
焦頭爛額的老師為學生們的成績操碎了心。
The embattled city walls are well maintained.
這些有城垛的城牆被維護得十分完好。
The embattled sol***rs were ready for battle.
嚴陣以待的士兵已經做好了戰鬥的準備。
The Trump White House embattled by Russian investigation and senior officials leaving.
特朗普的白宮團隊因“通俄”調查和高級官員離職陷入困境。
The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own sol***rs.
這位焦頭爛額的總統還否認了最近說他被自己的士兵扣留當人質的說法。
Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
雙方都表示想設法為處于戰亂中的島嶼北部和東部找到政治解決方案。
The two boys were sworn friends all the week, and embattled enemies on Saturdays.
這兩個孩子一星期都是莫逆之交,一到星期六就成了死對頭。
Tallinn's unknown sol***r, still embattled.
塔林的無名英雄,仍是四周受敵。
Some wondered whether the embattled firm would go the way of those two investments.
有人懷疑這家四面楚歌的公司會步那兩家公司的後塵。
adj.|distraught;嚴陣以待的;被敵人圍困的;心煩意亂的;邊緣呈雉形的
"embattled" 是形容詞,主要有兩層含義。在建築學語境中,該詞描述"帶有防禦性垛牆的結構",特指中世紀城堡或軍事工事頂部凹凸交替的矮牆設計。這種建築特征最早見于14世紀,牛津英語詞典(Oxford English Dictionary)指出其詞源來自古法語"embatailler",意為"準備戰鬥"。
在現代用法中,"embattled" 多用于比喻義,描述"處于困境或争議中的個人或組織"。劍橋詞典(Cambridge Dictionary)将其定義為"經曆重大困難或遭受強烈批評",如"embattled CEO facing shareholder lawsuits"(面臨股東訴訟的困境CEO)。韋氏詞典(Merriam-Webster)補充說明該詞常出現在政治和商業報道中,指代"因丑聞、財政危機或公衆輿論壓力而處境艱難的主體"。
英國國家語料庫(British National Corpus)的語用分析顯示,該詞在新聞語境的出現頻率比文學語境高87%,多用于描述政府機構(38%)、企業(29%)和公衆人物(22%)三類主體。典型搭配包括"embattled regime"(困境政權)、"embattled coalition"(困境聯盟)等軍事隱喻延伸用法。
單詞embattled 主要有以下兩層含義:
若需進一步了解具體語境中的用法,可結合例句或實際語料加深理解。
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