n.攻擊；突襲；抨擊

vt.襲擊；突襲

Trainee commandos are put through an exhausting assault course. 受訓的突擊隊員要參加令人筋疲力盡的突擊課程。

The court determined that the man was guilty of assault. 法庭裁定那個人犯了侵犯人身罪。

A deep, wide ditch, usually filled with water, typically surrounding a fortified medieval town, fortress, or castle as a protection against assault. 護城河一條深而寬的、通常有水溝環(huán)繞設防的中世紀城鎮(zhèn)城堡或堡壘，用以抵抗外來襲擊

The article was a vicious assault on Bell's integrity. 這篇文章是對貝爾完整性的惡劣抨擊。

Six women have been sexually assaulted in the area recently. 最近這一帶有六個女子遭受強奸猥褻。

The commander decided to assault the enemy in the darkness. 指揮官決定夜襲敵軍。

assault用作名詞意思是“攻擊,猛襲,突襲”,可指口頭上言論的抨擊,也可指武力上的攻擊或襲擊。

assault用作動詞的基本意思是“襲擊,毆打”,指在憤怒中以暴力突然襲擊對方,打斗雙方彼此能接觸到,常指近身的肉搏,也指出于嫉妒等惡意動機而進行的人身攻擊; assault引申可作“強奸”的委婉語。

assault是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,作“強暴”解時,常用于被動結構。