attack

1. V-T/V-I To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence. 攻擊

Fifty civilians in Masawa were killed when government planes attacked the town. 馬薩瓦50名平民在政府飛機襲擊該市時喪生。

He bundled the old lady into her hallway and brutally attacked her. 他把老太太推進她家門廳里，并且野蠻地襲擊了她。

They found the least defended area and attacked. 他們找到了防守最薄弱的地區(qū)發(fā)動了攻擊。

2. N-VAR Attack is also a noun. 攻擊

...a campaign of air attacks on strategic targets. …對戰(zhàn)略目標的空襲行動。

3. V-T If you attack a person, belief, idea, or act, you criticize them strongly. 抨擊

He publicly attacked the people who've been calling for secret ballot nominations. 他公開抨擊了那些一直要求秘密投票提名的人。

4. N-VAR Attack is also a noun. 抨擊[usu with supp]

The role of the state as a prime mover in planning social change has been under attack. 國家作為規(guī)劃社會變革發(fā)起者的角色已經遭到抨擊。

5. V-T If something such as a disease, a chemical, or an insect attacks something, it harms or spoils it. (疾病、化學藥品或昆蟲等) 侵害

The virus seems to have attacked his throat. 病毒似乎已侵害到他的咽喉。

6. N-UNCOUNT Attack is also a noun. 侵害[also N in pl]

The virus can actually destroy those white blood cells, leaving the body wide open to attack from other infections. 該病毒實際上能破壞那些白血球，使身體極易受到其他感染。

7. V-T If you attack a job or a problem, you start to deal with it in an energetic way. 積極處理

Any attempt to attack the budget problem is going to have to in some way deal with those issues. 要想妥善處理預算問題，從某方面來說必須先解決那些問題。

8. V-T/V-I In games such as soccer, when one team attacks the opponent's goal, they try to score a goal. (在足球等比賽中) 進攻

Now the U.S. is controlling the ball and attacking the opponent's goal. 現(xiàn)在美國隊在控球，正向對方球門發(fā)起進攻。

The goal was just reward for their decision to attack constantly in the second half. 這粒進球正是他們決定在下半場連續(xù)進攻的回報。

9. N-COUNT Attack is also a noun. 進攻

Lee was at the hub of some incisive attacks in the second half. 李是下半場幾次犀利進攻中的主角。

10. N-COUNT An attack of an illness is a short period in which you suffer badly from it. (疾病急性) 發(fā)作

It had brought on an attack of asthma. 這引起了一次哮喘發(fā)作。

11. →see also counterattack , heart attack