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。
• 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。
• Several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are beset by dwindling revenues and rising debts.
  撒哈拉沙漠以南的几个非洲国家正遭受财政收入减少和债务增加的困扰。
• In the following years Sino-Soviet relations deteriorated, and China was beset with economic difficulties.
  后来中苏两国关系不好了，中国面临经济困难。
• 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。
• Every April I am beset by the same concern& that spring might not occur this year.
  每年的四月份，我都会被同样的担心所困扰，那就是这一年不会有春天了。
• D., is hopeful that Tang's work will avoid the pitfalls that beset Elan's vaccine.
  对Tang的研究满怀希望，因为Tang的研究能避免困扰Elan公司的疫苗缺陷。
• The discussions were beset with difficulties.
  讨论困难重重。
• 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。
• Beset by ethnic strife, the province remains ungovernable
  该省因受种族冲突困扰而失控。