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

• 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。
• Brian Williams, the embattled NBC news anchor whose credibility plummeted after he acknowledged exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, was suspended for six months without pay, the network said Tuesday night.
  NBC电视台周二晚间表示，陷入争议的NBC新闻主播布莱恩·威廉姆斯（BrianWilliams）将被无薪停职六个月。威廉姆斯承认他夸大了自己在伊拉克一起直升机事故中的角色，因而其公信力一落千丈。
• Akio Toyoda, the embattled Toyota chief executive, has admitted that the company lost its way and sense of priorities in its rapid rise to the top, culminating in a massive vehicle recall and a loss of consumer trust.
  陷入困境的丰田（toyota）首席执行官丰田章男（akiotoyoda）承认，该公司在快速崛起至巅峰的过程中，迷失了方向和轻重缓急意识，最终导致大规模的汽车召回事件，并丧失了消费者的信任。
• Their embattled army finally surrendered.
  他们那支被包围的部队最后投降了。
• 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。
• And a dozen countries, from the United States to Australia, are subsidizing embattled automakers or car dealers.
  从美国到澳大利亚的十几个国家也在补贴四面楚歌的汽车制造商或汽车经销商。
• The deal meant more to Yahoo and its embattled management team than Google.
  相对于谷歌，这项合作对雅虎及其饱受指责的管理层来说要重要得多。
• Little wonder that it made economic sense to embattled Afghan farmers.
  对危机四伏的阿富汗农民来说，很少有人会怀疑其经济意义。
• Opel, the embattled German arm of general motors, is considering a similar plan.
  陷入困境的通用汽车（generalmotors）德国子公司欧宝（opel）正考虑采取类似的方案。