embattled
词根词缀：
abate v. 减轻
a 不 + bat 打，击 + e → 不再打击 → 减轻
baton n. 棍，警棍
bat 打，击 + on 物 → 棍，警棍
battalion n. 营，军营
batt 打，击 + al 表名词 + ion 表名词 → 打仗的〔队伍〕→ 军营
batter v. 连续猛打
bat 打，击 + ter → 连续猛打
battle n. 战斗
batt〔= bat〕打，击 + le 使… → 战斗
combat n./v. 格斗
com 加强 + bat 打，击 → 不是一般的打 → 格斗
debate v. 辩论
de 加强 + bat 打，击 + e → 加强打击 → 辩论
embattled adj. 严阵以待的
em 使… + battl〔e〕打，击 + ed 表形容词 → 使战斗的 → 严阵以待的
rebate v. 减少；打折扣
re 回 + bat 打，击 + e → 打回去的〔东西〕→ 打折扣
数据来源：新东方英语词汇速记大全
相关例句：
Their embattled army finally surrendered.
他们那支被包围的部队最后投降了。
The embattled president of Kyrgyzstan refused to step down yesterday after fleeing his capital, even as the opposition formed an interim government and said they had taken control of the country.
遭到围困的吉尔吉斯斯坦总统巴基耶夫（kurmanbek bakiyev）逃离首都后，昨日表示拒绝下台，尽管反对派组建了临时政府，并宣布已经控制了全国。
Tony Hayward had become the embattled public face of BP and the Gulf oil disaster.
托尼·海沃德已经成为BP石油公司和应对墨西哥湾漏油灾难的公共人物而腹背受敌。
The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
焦头烂额的总统还否认了最近有关他被自己的士兵挟持为人质的说法。
Strangely enough, I now feel a certain protective warmth towards the embattled eurocrats in their Brussels skyscrapers.
令人倍感奇怪的是，我现在对布鲁塞尔摩天大楼里那些四面楚歌的欧盟官僚们怀有一定的关切之情。
There were signs the embattled company was turning its core divisions round.
有迹象表明，这家困境中的公司正在重振其核心业务。