| 单词 | beset |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [bi'set] |
| 解释 | v.镶嵌；困扰 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.镶嵌,困扰(harass from all directions) 【例】 The voyage was beset with dangers. |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (从各个侧面)围攻; (与by连用)不断打扰, 困扰 【例】I was beset by mosquitoes 我受到了蚊子的困扰. This town is beset with mountains 这座城市为群山所环抱. 【记】be被动, set放置－被放在中间－被人围攻. |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】be + set 被放置在内 |
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