with obj.
1- make a physical attack on武力攻击, 袭击：
he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer
他承认犯有以武力攻击一名警官的罪行
she was sexually assaulted as a child.
她年幼时受到过性侵犯。
1.1
- figurative attack or bombard (someone or the senses) with something undesirable or unpleasant〈喻〉困扰, 使难受：
thunder assaulted the ears.
雷声震耳欲聋。
1.2
- carry out a military attack or raid on (an enemy position)（军队）攻击（或袭击）（敌方阵地）。
1
- a physical attack武力攻击, 袭击：
his imprisonment for an assault on the film director
他因攻击一电影导演而受的牢狱之苦
a sexual assault.
性侵犯。
1.1
- Law an act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done【律】人身侵犯：
he admitted an assault and two thefts
他承认了一起人身侵犯罪和两起盗窃罪
mass noun he appeared in court charged with assault.他因人身侵犯罪而被送上法庭。
1.2
- a military attack or raid on an enemy position（对敌方的）军事攻击：
troops began an assault on the city
部队开始了对这个城市的进攻
as modifier an assault boat.强击艇。
1.3
- a strong verbal attack猛烈的口头攻击：
the assault on the party's tax policies.
针对该政党税收政策的抨击。
2
- a concerted attempt to do something demanding对于一件费力事情的一致努力：
a winter assault on Qomolangma
冬季攀登珠穆朗玛峰的行动。
派生词
assaulter
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French asaut (noun)， assauter (verb)， based on Latin ad- 'to' + saltare, frequentative of salire 'to leap'. Compare with ASSAIL.