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smite

/smahyt/US // smaɪt //UK // (smaɪt) //

抨击,打击,捣毁,捣乱

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    smote or smit; smit·ten or smit; smit·ing.

    • : to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon: She smote him on the back with her umbrella.
    • : to deliver or deal by striking hard.
    • : to strike down, injure, or slay: His sword had smitten thousands.
    • : to afflict or attack with deadly or disastrous effect: smitten by polio.
    • : to affect mentally or morally with a sudden pang: His conscience smote him.
    • : to affect suddenly and strongly with a specified feeling: They were smitten with terror.
    • : to impress favorably; charm; enamor: He was smitten by her charms.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    smote or smit; smit·ten or smit; smit·ing.

    • : to strike; deal a blow.

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Examples

  • I was smitten with their work and wanted to share it because they offer a glimpse of a world beyond our own worries.

  • How many vulgar tones my doubtful earWould smite, with deep disgust inspiring me,With doubt tormented, holding hard my breath!

  • It seemed every moment as if the prodigious paw of the grizzly would smite him to the earth, when no human power could save him.

  • Does not your heart smite you when you think of the country which gave you birth?'

  • Then he assoiled them and blessed them, giving them for penance, to smite their best.

  • I coloured, partly with the praise and partly because I was wondering how many Smite-and-spare-nots I was worth.