英[ə'seɪl]美[ə'seɪl]
记忆方法
词根词缀法
as 加强 + sail〔= sal〕跳 → 跳来跳去打你 → 攻击
verb(动词)
双解例句
verb(动词)
小知识
To assail is to attack or assault — with throwing stars, fists, words or, less tangibly but just as violently, with troubles or doubts.
Believe it or not, assail evolved from the ancient Latin word assilire, which means “to jump on.” So picture an attacker jumping on you, throwing punches and maybe some insults, too. Because assail also means to ridicule or heap your worries upon someone. As novelist Charlotte Bronte noted, “Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.” Think on that.
实用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
attack，assail，assault，charge，beset。都含有”攻击”的意思。attack常用词，指”攻击敌人”或”用言论攻击他人”。assail指”猛烈连续地攻击”。assault语气比assail强，指”突然猛烈地进攻”，暗示”武力的直接接触”(如肉搏等)，也有”暴力”的意思。charge指”冲击”或”骑兵的突然攻击”。beset指”围攻”，即从各个方向攻击。
词根词缀
词根: sali
=leap,表示”跳”
adj.
resilient 弹性的;能迅速[从不幸中]恢复活力的re重新+sili=sali跳+ent……的→能重新跳起来→有弹性的
salient 显著的,突出的sali跳+ent……的→跳出来的→显著的
v.
assail 抨击,猛攻as一再+sail=sali跳→一再跳起来→攻击