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

• 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。
• The voyage was beset with dangers.
  这次航程充满了危险。
• The difficulties, pressures, temptations, etc that beset us all.
  缠绕着我们的困难，压力，诱惑等。
• He bought her a bracelet beset with pearls.
  他给她买了一只镶嵌着珍珠的手镯。
• We will be more involved in the bigger ones that have beset your whole world.
  我们会更多地参与到包围你们整个世界的较大问题中。
• More unemployment could stir new industrial unrest in a country already beset by social problems.
  更多的失业会在一个早已受社会问题困扰的国家激起新的工人骚乱。
• 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。
• 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 crown was beset with diamonds and jewels.
  皇冠上镶嵌着钻石和珠宝。
• 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。