on·slaught
noun/ˈɒnslɔːt/
/ˈɑːnslɔːt/
[countable, usually singular]- a strong or violent attack
攻击；猛攻 - His approach was met with a vicious onslaught.
他的方法遭到了严厉的批评。 - onslaught against/on somebody/something the enemy onslaught on our military forces
敌军对我军的进攻 - onslaught of something/somebody an onslaught of abuse
一阵谩骂 - (figurative) The town survives the onslaught of tourists every summer.
每年夏天，这座小城都要熬过一段旅游者蜂拥而至的苦日子。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2- She could not withstand such a sudden onslaught.
她承受不了如此突然的攻击。 - She unleashed a verbal onslaught on her critics.
她发布了一系列言论攻击批评她的人。 - the latest onslaught from the Russian team
俄罗斯队发起的最后一次进攻 - the relentless onslaught of modernism
现代主义的持续盛行
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sudden
- initial
- renewed
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- face
- resist
- survive
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- onslaught against
- onslaught on
- onslaught from
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Word Originearly 17th cent. (also in the form anslaight): from Middle Dutch aenslag, from aen ‘on’ + slag ‘blow’. The change in the ending was due to association with (now obsolete) slaught ‘slaughter’. - His approach was met with a vicious onslaught.