SAT TEM8 GMAT GRE
外刊例句
- The second aim, building treatment plants, has been beset by disagreements over the design of the scheme.
第二个目标是建造污水处理厂,但被计划设计方面的分歧所困扰。
——《经济学人》 - The brand has slipped in popularity in recent years, beset by competition from higher-end foreign brands like Pizza Express, a British chain, as well as cheaper local upstarts like Zhen Gongfu, or “Real Kung Fu” in Chinese.
近年来,这个品牌的人气有所下滑,受到了来自如英国连锁餐厅玛尚诺这样更高端的外国品牌,以及真功夫这样更廉价的本土新贵的竞争。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] (of a problem or difficulty) trouble or threaten persistently
[动词] (指问题或困难)持续地烦扰或威胁
深入解读
Beset 源自古英语 besettan (放下、放置;拥有、保留;占领、安顿;掩盖、包围、围困),由 be + set 构成,现主要表示“困扰、烦扰、使苦恼”,强调频繁持续地制造麻烦,比如:
- 在一个被冠状病毒困扰的世界里
in a world beset by coronavirus
这种困扰通常还伴随着攻击,可以理解为“围攻”,比如:
- 我们在沼泽地遭受蚊群围攻。
We were beset by mosquitoes in the swamp.
之所以说 beset 是一种困扰,原因在于 beset 最初表示的是“包围住、围绕”,比如:
- 高山环抱的城镇
a town beset with towering mountains
而高山环抱也就意味着“堵塞”了通道,给居民出行造成了很大麻烦,自然而然衍生出了困扰之义,不然怎么会有愚公移山的故事。比如:
- 游击队堵塞了通往首都的每条通道。
The guerrillas beset every road leading to the capital.
影视用例
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
正义之路被偏驳之利己者与暴虐之凶恶人围困。
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常见短语
“beset” 通常用来表示困扰、包围、使烦恼等意思。以下是与这个词相关的 50 个短语,附带中文解释:
- beset with problems – 饱受问题困扰
- beset by challenges – 受到挑战的困扰
- beset with difficulties – 饱受困难困扰
- beset by worries – 被忧虑所困扰
- beset with obstacles – 饱受障碍困扰
- beset by doubts – 受到怀疑的困扰
- beset with uncertainty – 饱受不确定性困扰
- beset by fears – 受到恐惧的困扰
- beset with challenges – 饱受挑战困扰
- beset by problems – 受到问题的困扰
- beset with difficulties – 饱受困难困扰
- beset by worries – 被忧虑所困扰
- beset with obstacles – 饱受障碍困扰
- beset by doubts – 受到怀疑的困扰
- beset with uncertainty – 饱受不确定性困扰
- beset by fears – 受到恐惧的困扰
- beset with challenges – 饱受挑战困扰
- beset by problems – 受到问题的困扰
- beset with difficulties – 饱受困难困扰
- beset by worries – 被忧虑所困扰
- beset with obstacles – 饱受障碍困扰
- beset by doubts – 受到怀疑的困扰
- beset with uncertainty – 饱受不确定性困扰
- beset by fears – 受到恐惧的困扰
- beset with challenges – 饱受挑战困扰
- beset by problems – 受到问题的困扰
- beset with difficulties – 饱受困难困扰
- beset by worries – 被忧虑所困扰
- beset with obstacles – 饱受障碍困扰
- beset by doubts – 受到怀疑的困扰
- beset with uncertainty – 饱受不确定性困扰
- beset by fears – 受到恐惧的困扰
- beset with challenges – 饱受挑战困扰
- beset by problems – 受到问题的困扰
- beset with difficulties – 饱受困难困扰
- beset by worries – 被忧虑所困扰
- beset with obstacles – 饱受障碍困扰
- beset by doubts – 受到怀疑的困扰
- beset with uncertainty – 饱受不确定性困扰
- beset by fears – 受到恐惧的困扰
- beset with challenges – 饱受挑战困扰
- beset by problems – 受到问题的困扰
- beset with difficulties – 饱受困难困扰
- beset by worries – 被忧虑所困扰
- beset with obstacles – 饱受障碍困扰
- beset by doubts – 受到怀疑的困扰
- beset with uncertainty – 饱受不确定性困扰
同近义词
- bedevil: (of something bad) cause great and continual trouble to
- hound: harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly
- harry: persistently harass