beset
英 [b?'set]
美[b?'s?t]
- vt. 困擾；鑲嵌；圍繞
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?besets;過去式:?beset;過去分詞:?beset;現在分詞:?besetting;
中文詞源
beset 困擾
前綴be-, 強調。set, 放置。來自軍事用語，指包圍。
英文詞源
- beset (v.)
- Old English besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (cognates: Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set (v.). The figurative sense also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.
雙語例句
- 1. It is a neighborhood beset by all the usual inner-city problems.
- 這是個為各種內城常見問題所困擾的社區。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable.
- 該省因受種族沖突困擾而失控。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The discussions were beset with difficulties.
- 討論困難重重。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The team was beset by injury all season.
- 這個隊整個賽季都因隊員受傷而受困擾。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.
- 她想享受退休生活而不必為金錢擔憂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》