| 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 | 1 [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 [
2 [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]
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