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| /əˈsɔːlt/ |
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| 1 | C/U a physical attack on someone , or the crime of physically attacking someone 人身攻击；侵犯人身罪 |
| an assault on a young student 对一个青年学生的人身攻击 |
| He was charged with assault. 他被控犯侵犯人身罪。 |
| guilty of indecent assault 犯强暴猥亵罪 |
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| 2 | C an attack by the armed forces （军队的）攻击，袭击 |
| a NATO air assault 北约的空袭 |
| +on the assault on Pohang-dong 对浦项洞的袭击 |
| | 2a | used in a military assault 军事攻击的 | | an assault rifle/vehicle/weapon 攻击型步枪/车辆/武器 | |
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| 3 | C a strong criticism 口头攻击；辱骂 |
| The article was a vicious assault on Bell’ s integrity. 这篇文章是对贝尔正直品格的恶毒攻击。 |
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| 4 | C formal a serious attempt to achieve something difficult （难关的）攻取 |
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