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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan faces a divided parliament where opposition parties can block legislation and it is not clear whether such hikes can be implemented.
  但受到围攻的日本首相菅直人面对的是分裂的国会，反对党可以在国会上阻止立法的通过，因此，这些提税是否能够得到执行还不明确。
• However, the prime minister gave his support to Chris Patten, the embattled chairman of the BBC Trust, the corporation's governing body.
  然而，首相将其支持给了彭定康，该公司的管理机构BBC信托会的主席。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。