embattled

1. ADJ If you describe a person, group, or organization as embattled, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties. 問題纏身的; 處于困境的[usu ADJ n]

The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers. 這位焦頭爛額的總統(tǒng)還否認了最近說他被自己的士兵扣留當人質的說法。

2. ADJ An embattled area is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces. 卷入戰(zhàn)爭的; 四面楚歌的[ADJ n]

Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island. 雙方都表示想設法為處于戰(zhàn)亂中的島嶼北部和東部找到政治解決方案。