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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• a region often beset by political turbulence.
  经常遭受政治动乱的一个地区
• More unemployment could stir new industrial unrest in a country already beset by social problems.
  更多的失业会在一个早已受社会问题困扰的国家激起新的工人骚乱。
• 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。