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 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。
• The difficulties, pressures, temptations, etc that beset us all.
  缠绕着我们的困难，压力，诱惑等。
• The ship was beset with ice.
  这船为冰所包围。
• Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable
  该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
• These countries are beset by a chronic and serious unemployment problem.
  这些国家长期存在着严重的失业问题。
• And limitations of this sort beset me on every side.
  这种种限制从四面八方困扰着我。
• 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 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。
• The voyage was beset with dangers.
  这次航程充满了危险。
• 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。