assail
单词辨析：
指用炮弹、炸弹、导弹等连续地猛炸某处，也可以指大肆抨击某人。
This city was bombarded by the enemy.
这座城市遭到了敌人的轰炸。
Reporters bombarded the President with questions about his economic policy.
记者们向总统提出了许多有关其经济政策的问题。
指对某人或某物连续地猛烈攻击或抨击。
The enemy assailed our warship.
敌人向我们的战舰发起连续猛攻。
He was assailed by his political opponent.
他遭到了政敌的攻击。
语气比 assail 强, 指突然发起猛烈进攻或近身暴力攻击；也可以指严厉批评某人的观念、计划等。
The enemy assaulted the small town.
敌人突然对小镇发起猛烈攻击。
The gang assaulted him with iron bars.
那伙人用铁棍殴打他。
普通用词，指事先不发警告而向对方发动攻击，既可指发起武力攻击，也可以指进行言语攻击。
The enemy attacked the village at night.
敌人夜袭了村庄。
Her bold remarks were attacked by the conservatives.
她大胆的言论遭到保守派的抨击。
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The scent of burning metal assailed his nostrils.
燃烧的金属的味道刺激着他的嗅觉。
A stream of invective from some sectors of the press continues to assail the governmet.
新闻界某些部门继续用一连串的痛骂来抨击政府。
She is assailed by self-doubt and emotional insecurity.
她被自我怀疑和情感上的不安全感所困扰。
He began to assail them with every kind of invective he could think of.
他开始冲着他们破口大骂，凡是想得到的骂人话都用上了。
Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time
摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。
Her innocence had kept her in ignorance of the dangers that might assail a young girl of her age.
她还很天真，不知道象她这种年龄的年轻姑娘可能遇到的种种危险。