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

• There were signs the embattled company was turning its core divisions round.
  有迹象表明，这家困境中的公司正在重振其核心业务。
• Communications were cut in the embattled area.
  在交战地区，交通被切断了。
• 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。
• The embattled president of Kyrgyzstan refused to step down yesterday after fleeing his capital, even as the opposition formed an interim government and said they had taken control of the country.
  遭到围困的吉尔吉斯斯坦总统巴基耶夫（kurmanbekbakiyev）逃离首都后，昨日表示拒绝下台，尽管反对派组建了临时政府，并宣布已经控制了全国。
• But observers said the agreement was a face-saving compromise, providing the embattled Chinese negotiator with badly-needed support.
  但观察人士表示，该协议是为留存面子而作出的妥协，给处境艰难的中方谈判团提供了他们亟需的帮助。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the firebreak between Greece and the other embattled sovereigns of the euro zone is even more important.
  但更重要的考验是在希腊和其他水深火热的欧元区国家之间建立隔火带。
• The noose may be tightening around Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption scandal, but he is pressing on.
  身陷腐败丑闻的以色列总理奥尔默特的处境可能越来越艰难了，但是他仍然没有退意。