embattled

英 [ɪmˈbætld]

美 [ɪmˈbætld]

adj.  被困扰的; 处境艰难的; 危机四伏的; 卷入战争的; 被敌人包围的
v.  列阵，布阵；严阵以待；整军备战；布局
embattle的过去分词和过去式

过去式：embattled　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 被困扰的；处境艰难的；危机四伏的
  surrounded by problems and difficulties
  1. the embattled party leader
     处境艰难的党的领导人
• 卷入战争的；被敌人包围的
  involved in war; surrounded by the enemy

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 处于困境的;危机四伏的;问题缠身的
  If you describe a person, group, or organization asembattled, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties.
  1. The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
     焦头烂额的总统还否认了最近有关他被自己的士兵挟持为人质的说法。
• ADJ . 卷入战争的;（尤指）被敌军包围的
  Anembattledarea is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces
  1. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
     双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案。

英英释义

adj

• having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
  1. a crenelated molding
  Synonym:battlementedcastledcastellated
• prepared for battle
  1. an embattled city

双语例句

• And a dozen countries, from the United States to Australia, are subsidizing embattled automakers or car dealers.
  从美国到澳大利亚的十几个国家也在补贴四面楚歌的汽车制造商或汽车经销商。
• He was asked to give a pep talk to England's soccer team for its World Cup qualifying match ( he politely declined) and to offer campaign tips to embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
  他（奥巴马）被聘请给行将加出世界杯预选赛的英国队做带动讲话（但他婉词谢绝了），并受邀给行将加入的英国首相戈登？布朗提供一些竞选的建议。
• But observers said the agreement was a face-saving compromise, providing the embattled Chinese negotiator with badly-needed support.
  但观察人士表示，该协议是为留存面子而作出的妥协，给处境艰难的中方谈判团提供了他们亟需的帮助。
• The deal meant more to Yahoo and its embattled management team than Google.
  相对于谷歌，这项合作对雅虎及其饱受指责的管理层来说要重要得多。
• Brian Williams, the embattled NBC news anchor whose credibility plummeted after he acknowledged exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, was suspended for six months without pay, the network said Tuesday night.
  NBC电视台周二晚间表示，陷入争议的NBC新闻主播布莱恩·威廉姆斯（BrianWilliams）将被无薪停职六个月。威廉姆斯承认他夸大了自己在伊拉克一起直升机事故中的角色，因而其公信力一落千丈。
• New scandals have hit the embattled party.
  这个四面楚歌的政党又出现了新的丑闻。
• Investors have been unnerved for more than a year now about the future of the embattled euro zone.
  一年多来，投资者一直对深陷危机的欧元区前景忧心忡忡。
• There are new calls for South Carolina's embattled Governor to quit.
  又有新的呼声要求南卡罗莱那州长辞职。
• Their embattled army finally surrendered.
  他们那支被包围的部队最后投降了。
• The embattled president of Kyrgyzstan refused to step down yesterday after fleeing his capital, even as the opposition formed an interim government and said they had taken control of the country.
  遭到围困的吉尔吉斯斯坦总统巴基耶夫（kurmanbekbakiyev）逃离首都后，昨日表示拒绝下台，尽管反对派组建了临时政府，并宣布已经控制了全国。