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

• 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。
• There are new calls for South Carolina's embattled Governor to quit.
  又有新的呼声要求南卡罗莱那州长辞职。
• The new measures, announced by Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying in his first policy address since becoming leader of the city of 7m in July, are designed to bolster public support for his embattled tenure.
  这些新措施是香港行政长官梁振英（LeungChun-ying）在其自去年7月接掌这个700万人口城市以来的首份施政报告中宣布的，意在增强公众对其困境中的任期的支持。
• Libyan government TV broadcast images of Gadhafi supporters chanting and dancing as they waved posters of the embattled leader.
  利比亚政府电视广播的画面显示，卡扎菲的支持者挥舞着卡扎菲的海报呼喊舞蹈。
• 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。
• But they should inject some much-needed confidence into the currency and into an embattled people.
  但这些钱应能给冰岛货币和一个四面楚歌的民族注入一些急需的信心。
• 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。
• It was a major victory for the embattled software maker.
  这对陷入垄断案的微软公司来说是一个重大胜利。
• 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。