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assault

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Related topics: Crime
as·sault1 /əˈsɔːlt $ əˈsɒːlt/ ●●○ noun  
1  SCC[countableC, uncountableU] the crime of physically attacking someone 侵犯人身（罪），殴击他人身体（罪）
 a case of robbery and assault
一宗抢劫袭击案
for assault
 He was jailed for assault.
他因人身侵犯而入狱。
sexual/indecent assault
 victims of indecent assault
遭猥亵的受害者
assault on/against
 sexual assaults on women
对女性的性侵犯
 Several soldiers have been charged with assault.
几名士兵被控侵犯人身。
► see thesaurus at crime
2  ATTACK[countableC, uncountableU] a military attack to take control of a place controlled by the enemy 〔军事上的〕袭击，攻击
assault on
 an unsuccessful assault on the enemy lines
对敌军防线失败的攻击
 The refugee camp came under assault again last night.
昨晚难民营再次遭袭。
 a powerful assault rifle
强力突击步枪
3  CRITICIZE[countableC, uncountableU] a strong spoken or written criticism of someone else’s ideas, plans etc 抨击 SYN attack
assault on
 an assault on the capitalist system
对资本主义制度的抨击
under assault
 Traditional family values are increasingly under assault.
传统的家庭价值观日益受到抨击。
4  TRY TO DO OR GET something[countableC] an attempt to achieve something difficult, especially using physical force 〔尤指靠体力的〕闯关，冲击（难关）
assault on
5an assault on Mt Qomolangma (= an attempt to climb it )
攀登珠穆朗玛峰的尝试
n an assault on Mt Everest (=an attempt to climb it)
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
a violent assault
The number of violent assaults in the city has reached an all-time high.
a serious assault
Last year, serious assaults increased by 40%.
a vicious/brutal assault
The vicious assault happened outside the man’s home.
a sexual/indecent assault
Women who have suffered serious sexual assault are offered support and counselling.
physical assault
There have even been physical assaults on witnesses.
a racial assault
The four young Asian men were victims of a vicious racial assault.
verbs
be charged with assault
He ended up in court charged with assault.
carry out/commit an assault
She admitted to committing the assault.
suffer an assault
The lawyer claimed she was drunk when she suffered the assault.
assault + NOUN
an assault charge
He’s in jail on an assault charge.
an assault case
She had to attend court as a witness in an assault case.
Examples from the Corpus
assault• Out of the darkness stepped four men with AK-47 assault rifles and Uzi submachine guns, Anaya said.• Assaults on public transportation workers have doubled in the last 10 years.• The Combined Fleet made plans for an assault on Midway Island.• The charges against the prisoner include criminal damage and assault.• a massive armed assault on the city• Painter cleared of bar assault charge A SELF-employed painter and decorator was yesterday cleared of assaulting the manager of a Harrogate bar.• Surgery, an obvious form of consensual assault, is also, understandably, permitted.• She served three years in prison for assault.• He was convicted of adultery and indecent assault.• He admitted 25 counts of indecent assault against two sisters and a brother between 1975 and 1981.• Just prior to our assault, they had fired 6,000 rounds of artillery and bombed it all morning.• The most highly skilled soldiers advocated rapid maneuver and quick assault when contact was made.• the problem of domestic violence and sexual assault within the home• Only a successful assault on the rebel's headquarters could have ended the civil war.• For medical treatment after the assault.• But the Gulf of California is closer than you think, and currently under assault by everything from pollution to poaching.
charged with assault• Norman Roberts is also charged with assaulting the child.• An new investigation led to Ferrier's being charged with assault.• Xavier Hicks, model student, was being charged with assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a concealed weapon.• He had had a fight with the insurance inspector and ended up in court charged with Assault.• The victim was charged with obstruction, and the passenger travelling with him was charged with assault.• The princess was charged with assault and battery and unlawful interference with the operation of an aircraft.
assault on• They made their assault on the south face of the glacier.
assault2 ●●○ verb [transitiveT]  
1  ATTACKto attack someone in a violent way 猛袭，攻击，袭击
 Two men assaulted him after he left the bar.
他离开酒吧之后遭到两名男子的袭击。
sexually/indecently assault
 He was found guilty of indecently assaulting a student.
他被判猥亵学生的罪名成立。
► see thesaurus at attack
2  EFFECT/INFLUENCE literary if a feeling, sound, smell etc assaults you, it affects you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or upset 使感到难受，困扰
 The noises and smells of the market assaulted her senses.
市场里的噪音和气味刺激着她的感官。
3. CRITICIZEto strongly criticize someone’s ideas, plans etc 抨击，攻击，严厉批评
4  to try to do something very difficult （设法）攻克，解决〔难题〕
 a task force to assault the problems
解决这些问题的特别工作小组
Examples from the Corpus
assault• An autopsy, however, found that she died of asphyxiation and had been sexually assaulted.• He assaulted a female flight attendant who refused to serve him more drinks.• In one case there were two 13-year-old girls, who had been sexually assaulted and left for dead.• She was kidnapped and sexually assaulted at gunpoint.• It seems as though we have conquered the traditional infectious diseases only to be assaulted by new ones.• In February 1991, two black students from the University of Maine were allegedly assaulted by nine white men.• I stepped into the room and was assaulted by the heat and noise.• These routes are assaulted every winter by climbers.• A short time later, a woman was assaulted in a nearby apartment.• A storekeeper was assaulted in an alley by eight youths.• He raised his eyebrows, waited.-Sir, he assaulted me.• Rootham and Thompson admitted assaulting Mr Griffiths.• Some supporters ran onto the field and assaulted the referee.• Ian Beckett, the deputy chief constable of Surrey, has been cleared of indecently assaulting two female colleagues.• The Senator was assaulted with abuse from angry demonstrators.
sexually/indecently assault• Just hours after this drama, two girls ran away and reportedly were sexually assaulted.• Instead, she was put on probation for a year after admitting indecently assaulting four 15-year-old boys.• A driving examiner has been jailed for four months for indecently assaulting four women test candidates.• But, it was said, he took him to his flat and indecently assaulted him while two other men looked on.• The young man was found not guilty of indecently assaulting the 16-year-old schoolgirl by the jury after a three-hour retirement.• Eight of the paratroopers were found guilty of indecently assaulting the woman soldier.• Then the gunmen sexually assaulted the women.• Ian Beckett, the deputy chief constable of Surrey, has been cleared of indecently assaulting two female colleagues.
Origin assault1
(1200-1300) Old French assaut, from Latin assaltus, past participle of assalire; → ASSAIL
as·sault1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1assault2 verb
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