assault
[UK]/ə'sɒlt/ [US]/-'sɑ:lt/
noun
A [C or U]
* a violent attack
殴打；袭击，攻击

1. He was charged with sexual assault.
他被指控性侵犯。

2. UK The number of indecent assaults has increased alarmingly over the past year.
在过去的一年中，强暴猥亵案件数量的增长令人惊讶。

3. an assault on a police officer
袭击员警

4. They launched an assault on the capital yesterday.
昨天他们进攻首都。

[C]
* a determined or serious attempt to do something difficult
攻关，攻坚；硬仗

1. Women's groups have demanded a nationwide assault on sexism in the workplace.
妇女团体已经要求在全国范围内发动一场反对工作场所性别歧视的硬仗。

2. She died heroically during an assault on the world's second-highest mountain.
她在尝试攀登世界第二高峰时英勇牺牲。

assault and battery legal
[U]
* a threat to attack someone followed by a violent physical act
暴力殴打

[UK]/ə'sɒlt/ [US]/-'sɑ:lt/
verb [T]
* to attack someone violently
殴打；袭击，攻击

1. A woman and a man have been convicted of assaulting a police officer.
一名女子和一名男子被判袭警罪名成立。

2. He had attempted to sexually assault the woman.
他试图对该妇女进行性侵犯。

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assault
as·sault / E5sC:lt / noun1. [U, C] ~ (on / upon sb) the crime of attacking sb physically
   侵犯他人身体(罪)；侵犯人身罪:
   Both men were charged with assault.
   两人均被控侵犯他人身体罪。
   A significant number of indecent assaults on women go unreported.
   很大数量的猥亵妇女罪没有举报。
   sexual assaults
   性攻击(指强奸、猥亵)
2. [C] ~ (on / upon / against sb / sth) (by an army, etc. 军队等) the act of attacking a building, an area, etc. in order to take control of it
   攻击；突击；袭击
   SYN  attack :
   An assault on the capital was launched in the early hours of the morning.
   凌晨时分向首都发起了攻击。
3. [C] ~ (on / upon sth) the act of trying to achieve sth that is difficult or dangerous
   (向困难或危险事物发起的)冲击:
   The government has mounted a new assault on unemployment (= in order to reduce it).
   政府向失业发起新的攻势。
   Three people died during an assault on the mountain (= while trying to climb it).
   登山过程中有三人死亡。
4. [C] ~ (on / upon / against sb / sth) an act of criticizing sb / sth severely
   抨击
   SYN  attack :
   The paper's assault on the president was totally unjustified.
   这份报纸对总统的攻击纯属无稽之谈。
   The suggested closures came under assault from all parties.
   关闭机构的建议受到各方严厉批评。 verb [VN]
1. to attack sb violently, especially when this is a crime
   猛烈攻击,袭击,侵犯人身(罪):
   He has been charged with assaulting a police officer.
   他被控袭击警察。
   Four women have been sexually assaulted in the area recently.
   近来这个地区有四名妇女遭到强奸猥亵。
2. (formal) to affect your senses in a way that is very unpleasant or uncomfortable
   使(感官)难受:
   Loud rock music assaulted our ears.
   喧闹的摇滚乐直往我们耳朵里钻。

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assault

I. noun

1. crime of attacking sb

• ADJECTIVE brutal, ferocious, savage, vicious, violent | armed | criminal | common (BrE, law) | aggravated (law), serious | felonious, felony, misdemeanor (all AmE, law) | alleged | attempted | indecent, physical, racial (esp. BrE), sexual He was convicted of rape and another six counts of indecent ~. | domestic

• … OF ASSAULTS series, wave

• VERB + ASSAULT carry out (esp. BrE), commit ~s committed by teenagers | be the victim of, suffer | report He reported the ~ to the police.

• ASSAULT + VERB happen, occur, take place

• PREPOSITION ~ against Better street lighting has helped reduce the number of ~s against women. | ~ on, ~ upon

• PHRASES allegations of ~ allegations of police ~ on the boy | ~ and battery (law)

2. military/verbal attack

• ADJECTIVE all-out, direct, frontal, full-scale, major, massive After an all-out ~ the town was captured by the enemy. | deadly, fierce | fresh, further | sustained She used the article to make a sustained ~ on her former political allies. | relentless | initial | final | successful | aerial, air, airborne, amphibious, ground air ~s by fighter planes | military | terrorist | verbal | legal a two-year legal ~ on alleged tax fraud

• … OF ASSAULTS series

• VERB + ASSAULT begin, carry out, conduct, launch, lead, make, mount Enemy troops launched an ~ on the town. | launch into He launched into a verbal ~ on tabloid journalism. | come under, face The factory came under ~ from soldiers in the mountains. | survive, withstand The garrison was built to withstand ~s.

• ASSAULT + NOUN course (BrE) They took part in a vigorous army ~ course. | operation | gun, rifle, weapon | force, team, troops | helicopter, ship, vehicle

• PREPOSITION under ~ Today these values are under ~. | ~ on a series of ~s on enemy targets

II. verb

• ADVERB brutally, seriously (esp. BrE), violently (esp. BrE) | indecently (BrE), physically, sexually, verbally | allegedly

Assault is used with these nouns as the object: ear, woman

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assault noun
⇨ attack 1 (an assault by troops) ⇨ attack 2 (sexual assault) ⇨ criticism (a verbal assault)assault verb
⇨ attack 1 (physically assaulted) ⇨ rape (sexually assaulted)

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assault

verb
1 he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer
HIT , strike, physically attack, aim blows at, slap, smack, beat, thrash, spank, thump, thwack, punch, cuff, swat, knock, rap; pummel, pound, batter, pelt, welt; cane, lash, whip, club, cudgel, box someone's ears; Austral./NZ informal quilt; informal clout, wallop, belt, whack, bash, clobber, bop, biff, sock, deck, slug, plug, knock about, knock into the middle of next week, lay into, do over, rough up; poetic/literary smite.

2 they left their position to assault the hill
ATTACK , make an assault on, launch an attack on, assail, pounce on, set upon, launch oneself at, strike at, fall on, swoop on, rush, storm, besiege; informal let someone have it, beat up, jump; Brit. informal have a go at.

3 police believe that he first assaulted then murdered her
RAPE , sexually assault, molest, interfere with.

noun
1 he was charged with assault
(PHYSICAL) VIOLENCE , battery, mugging, actual bodily harm, ABH; violent act, physical attack; Brit. grievous bodily harm, GBH; sexual assault, sexual misconduct, molesting, sexual interference, rape.

2 troops began an assault on the city
ATTACK , strike, onslaught, offensive, storming, charge, drive, push, thrust, invasion, bombardment, sortie, sally, foray, incursion, raid, act of war, act of aggression, blitz, campaign.

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assault 侵犯
as-, 去，往；-sault, 跳，词源同salient, salmon。引申词义攻击，侵犯。

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