embattled

英 [ɪmˈbætld]

美 [ɪmˈbætld]

adj.  被困扰的; 处境艰难的; 危机四伏的; 卷入战争的; 被敌人包围的
v.  列阵，布阵；严阵以待；整军备战；布局
embattle的过去分词和过去式

过去式：embattled　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 被困扰的；处境艰难的；危机四伏的
  surrounded by problems and difficulties
  1. the embattled party leader
     处境艰难的党的领导人
• 卷入战争的；被敌人包围的
  involved in war; surrounded by the enemy

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 处于困境的;危机四伏的;问题缠身的
  If you describe a person, group, or organization asembattled, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties.
  1. 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。
• ADJ . 卷入战争的;（尤指）被敌军包围的
  Anembattledarea is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces
  1. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
     双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案。

英英释义

adj

• having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
  1. a crenelated molding
  Synonym:battlementedcastledcastellated
• prepared for battle
  1. an embattled city

双语例句

• Little wonder that it made economic sense to embattled Afghan farmers.
  对危机四伏的阿富汗农民来说，很少有人会怀疑其经济意义。
• The deal meant more to Yahoo and its embattled management team than Google.
  相对于谷歌，这项合作对雅虎及其饱受指责的管理层来说要重要得多。
• Opel, the embattled German arm of general motors, is considering a similar plan.
  陷入困境的通用汽车（generalmotors）德国子公司欧宝（opel）正考虑采取类似的方案。
• And a dozen countries, from the United States to Australia, are subsidizing embattled automakers or car dealers.
  从美国到澳大利亚的十几个国家也在补贴四面楚歌的汽车制造商或汽车经销商。
• But the firebreak between Greece and the other embattled sovereigns of the euro zone is even more important.
  但更重要的考验是在希腊和其他水深火热的欧元区国家之间建立隔火带。
• Investors have been unnerved for more than a year now about the future of the embattled euro zone.
  一年多来，投资者一直对深陷危机的欧元区前景忧心忡忡。
• Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
  双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案。
• Brian Williams, the embattled NBC news anchor whose credibility plummeted after he acknowledged exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, was suspended for six months without pay, the network said Tuesday night.
  NBC电视台周二晚间表示，陷入争议的NBC新闻主播布莱恩·威廉姆斯（BrianWilliams）将被无薪停职六个月。威廉姆斯承认他夸大了自己在伊拉克一起直升机事故中的角色，因而其公信力一落千丈。
• Their embattled army finally surrendered.
  他们那支被包围的部队最后投降了。
• The noose may be tightening around Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption scandal, but he is pressing on.
  身陷腐败丑闻的以色列总理奥尔默特的处境可能越来越艰难了，但是他仍然没有退意。