“assail”在英语中的释义

verb

1. (transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).

   • Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
   • Our ears were assailed by her joyous efforts on her new saxophone.
   • 2007, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Wizard of the Crow, Nairobo: East African Educational Publishers, Book 2, Chapter 3, p. 64, He did not like being in crowds, foul smells galore assailing his nostrils.