attack /əˈtæk/ CET4 TEM4 ( attacking, attacked, attacks )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence. 攻击

  例：

  Fifty civilians in Masawa were killed when government planes attacked the town.

  马萨瓦50名平民在政府飞机袭击该市时丧生。

  例：

  He bundled the old lady into her hallway and brutally attacked her.

  他把老太太推进她家门厅里，并且野蛮地袭击了她。

  例：

  They found the least defended area and attacked.

  他们找到了防守最薄弱的地区发动了攻击。

• 2. 

  N-VAR Attack is also a noun. 攻击

  例：

  ...a campaign of air attacks on strategic targets.

  …对战略目标的空袭行动。

• 3. 

  V-T If you attack a person, belief, idea, or act, you criticize them strongly. 抨击

  例：

  He publicly attacked the people who've been calling for secret ballot nominations.

  他公开抨击了那些一直要求秘密投票提名的人。

• 4. 

  N-VAR Attack is also a noun. 抨击 [usu with supp]

  例：

  The role of the state as a prime mover in planning social change has been under attack.

  国家作为规划社会变革发起者的角色已经遭到抨击。

• 5. 

  V-T If something such as a disease, a chemical, or an insect attacks something, it harms or spoils it. (疾病、化学药品或昆虫等) 侵害

  例：

  The virus seems to have attacked his throat.

  病毒似乎已侵害到他的咽喉。

• 6. 

  N-UNCOUNT Attack is also a noun. 侵害 [also N in pl]

  例：

  The virus can actually destroy those white blood cells, leaving the body wide open to attack from other infections.

  该病毒实际上能破坏那些白血球，使身体极易受到其他感染。

• 7. 

  V-T If you attack a job or a problem, you start to deal with it in an energetic way. 积极处理

  例：

  Any attempt to attack the budget problem is going to have to in some way deal with those issues.

  要想妥善处理预算问题，从某方面来说必须先解决那些问题。

• 8. 

  V-T/V-I In games such as soccer, when one team attacks the opponent's goal, they try to score a goal. (在足球等比赛中) 进攻

  例：

  Now the U.S. is controlling the ball and attacking the opponent's goal.

  现在美国队在控球，正向对方球门发起进攻。

  例：

  The goal was just reward for their decision to attack constantly in the second half.

  这粒进球正是他们决定在下半场连续进攻的回报。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT Attack is also a noun. 进攻

  例：

  Lee was at the hub of some incisive attacks in the second half.

  李是下半场几次犀利进攻中的主角。

• 10. 

  N-COUNT An attack of an illness is a short period in which you suffer badly from it. (疾病急性) 发作

  例：

  It had brought on an attack of asthma.

  这引起了一次哮喘发作。

• 11. 

  → see also counterattack, heart attack