attack是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to try to hurt or defeat using violence -- 袭击；殴打；攻击；进攻

  • He was attacked and seriously injured by a gang of youths. 他被一帮年轻人打成重伤。

  • Army forces have been attacking the town since dawn. 从拂晓开始，军队就对这个城市展开了进攻。

  • Most wild animals won't attack unless they are provoked. 大多数野生动物若非被激怒，是不会主动攻击的。

• 1 to criticize someone strongly -- 抨击；责难

  • She wrote an article attacking the judges and their conduct of the trial. 她写了一篇文章抨击法官以及他们的审案方式。

  • The report attacks the idea of exams for seven and eight-year-olds. 这篇报道抨击了对七八岁的孩子进行考试的计划。

• 2 If something, such as a disease or a chemical, attacks something, it damages it. -- （疾病、化学品等）侵袭；侵害；侵蚀

  • AIDS attacks the body's immune system. 艾滋病破坏人体的免疫系统。

  • My rose bushes are being attacked by aphids. 我的蔷薇花丛正在遭受蚜虫的侵害。

• 3 If players in a team attack, they move forward to try to score points, goals, etc. -- （体育比赛中）进攻

• 4 to deal with something quickly and in an effective way -- 迅速处理；高效解决；全力应付

  • We have to attack these problems now and find some solutions. 我们必须现在就处理这些问题并拿出解决方案。

  • The children rushed in and eagerly attacked the food (= quickly started to eat it). 孩子们冲进屋里狼吞虎咽地大吃起来。

• 5 a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone or something -- 袭击；攻击；进攻

  • a racist attack 种族主义袭击

  • Enemy forces have made an attack on the city. 敌军已经对这座城市发起了进攻。

  • These bomb blasts suggest that the terrorists are (going) on the attack (= trying to defeat or hurt other people) again. 这些爆炸事件表明，恐怖主义分子又发起了进攻。

  • The town was once again under attack (= being attacked). 这座城市再次遭受攻击。

• 6 a strong criticism of someone or something -- 抨击；责难

  • a scathing attack on the president 对总统的严厉抨击

  • The government has come under attack from all sides for cutting education spending. 政府因为削减教育开支而受到各方面的强烈批评。

• 7 a sudden and short period of illness -- （疾病等的）突然发作

  • an attack of asthma/flu/malaria 哮喘／流感／疟疾的突然发作

  • figurative an attack of the giggles 突然一阵咯咯傻笑

• 8 the part of a team in some sports that tries to score points -- （球队中的）进攻（位置）

  • The team has a strong attack, but its defence is weak. 这支球队攻击力强大，但防守很薄弱。

  • The team is strong inattack but useless in defence. 这支球队攻势凶猛，但防守不堪一击。

  • The team needs to put some more attack into its game. 这支球队在比赛中需要加强攻势。