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assailable

/uh-seyl/US // əˈseɪl //UK // (əˈseɪl) //

可攻击性,可攻击的,可攻击,可攻击性的

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
    • : to attack with arguments, criticism, ridicule, abuse, etc.: to assail one's opponent with slander.
    • : to undertake with the purpose of mastering: He assailed his studies with new determination.
    • : to impinge upon; make an impact on; beset: His mind was assailed by conflicting arguments. The light assailed their eyes.

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Examples

  • Another day the duke's bailiff came to Hellesdon with 300 men to see if the place were assailable.

  • But he soon found that the position extended too far southward to be assailable by his limited forces.

  • A modern general would certainly have guarded with special care the flank that was most easily assailable.

  • With great activity and energy, therefore, they betook themselves to the fortification of every assailable point.

  • A part were stationed in the city, a part at Brooklyn, Long Island, and detachments at various other assailable points.