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

• 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。
• The revelations will increase the pressure on embattled Terry, but this afternoon he faced down fresh calls to resign as England captain.
  这种关系给即将上场的特里带来了压力，但今天下午他在新的呼声下辞去了英格兰球队队长。
• Some analysts have worried the agreement could implicitly sanction the Taliban's takeover of Swat, further expanding Taliban-held territory in Pakistan's embattled northwest.
  一些分析人士担心，这项协议将默许塔利班控制斯瓦特山谷，这会进一步扩大塔利班在巴基斯坦西北交战地区的控制范围。
• He was asked to give a pep talk to England's soccer team for its World Cup qualifying match ( he politely declined) and to offer campaign tips to embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
  他（奥巴马）被聘请给行将加出世界杯预选赛的英国队做带动讲话（但他婉词谢绝了），并受邀给行将加入的英国首相戈登？布朗提供一些竞选的建议。
• 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。
• 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。
• New scandals have hit the embattled party.
  这个四面楚歌的政党又出现了新的丑闻。
• 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。