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Bombard Questions Ed Bombarded N Enemy Bomb Lot

英语单词 bombard
英美音标 英 [bɒm'bɑːd] 美 [bɑːm'bɑːrd]
中文释义 v.炮轰;攻击;[核]以高速粒子撞击
n.射石炮
英语例句 (1) Enemy positions were bombarded before our infantry attacked.
(2) Reporters bombarded the President with questions about his economic policy.
中文例句 (1) 炮轰敌军阵地之后,我步兵开始进攻。
(2) 新闻记者提出许多有关经济政策的问题围攻总统。
vocabulary简明 To bombard is to attack, whether physically (with something like missiles) or metaphorically (with something like questions).
vocabulary扩展 See the word bomb in bombard? That's a clue to its meaning. When a place is bombarded, an enemy could literally be dropping bombs on it. In the days of stoning, people were bombarded with rocks. A politician getting pestered with questions is also being bombarded. You could say a teacher who assigns a lot of homework is bombarding the class with assignments. Bombarding involves a series of attacks; one bomb or one question can't be described as a bombardment.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]连珠炮似的质问(或批评);使大量面对 If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them.
  [V n with n]
  [be V-ed by n]
  • He bombarded Catherine with questions to which he should have known the answers...

    他明知故问地不断质问凯瑟琳。

  • The media bombards all of us with images of violence and drugs and sex...

    媒体上关于暴力、毒品和性的画面充斥着我们的视线。

  • I've been bombarded by the press and television since I came back from Norway.

    从挪威回来后我就一直被报纸和电视台的记者纠缠不休。

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[VERB 动词](用炮火或炸弹)猛烈轰击(或攻击) When soldiers bombard a place, they attack it with continuous heavy gunfire or bombs.
  [V n]
  • Rebel artillery units have regularly bombarded the airport...

    叛军的炮兵部队经常轰炸机场。

  • The town has been heavily bombarded by the army backed by the airforce.

    该镇遭到了有空军掩护的陆军部队的猛烈攻击。

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