embattled
/ɪmˈbætld/adjective
1
- (of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces（地方, 人）严阵以待的; 卷入战争的：
the embattled Yugoslavian republics.
卷入战争的各南斯拉夫共和国。
1.1
- (of a person) beset by problems or difficulties（人）处境艰难的, 四面楚歌的：
the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor.
对于这位处境艰难的大臣来说, 最糟糕的可能还未过去。
2
- (of a building or part of a building) having battlements（建筑物, 建筑物的某个部分）筑有雉堞的：
the church has a low embattled tower.
教堂有一个筑有雉堞的矮塔。
2.1
- postpositive Heraldry divided or edged by a line of square notches like battlements in outline【纹章】边缘呈雉堞形的。