beset
英 [b?'set]
美[b?'s?t]
- vt. 困扰；镶嵌；围绕
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?besets;过去式:?beset;过去分词:?beset;现在分词:?besetting;
中文词源
beset 困扰
前缀be-, 强调。set, 放置。来自军事用语，指包围。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable.
- 该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The discussions were beset with difficulties.
- 讨论困难重重。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.
- 她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧.
来自《简明英汉词典》