单词 | beset |
释义 | beset (bɪset ) Word forms: besets , besetting language note: The form beset is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. verb If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely. The country is beset by severe economic problems. [be V-ed + by/with] The discussions were beset with difficulties. [be V-ed by/with n] ...the problems now besetting the country. [VERB noun] Synonyms: plague, trouble, embarrass, torture Collocations: beset a country The other would risk further inflaming the divisions that have beset the country since 2016. Times, Sunday Times Agricultural productivity remains low, and frequent droughts still beset the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The economic crisis that beset the country in the early to mid-1980s had a severe impact on educational spending. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Notwithstanding this prosperous situation, the government had to meet certain economic problems besetting the country and which, if attended to, might jeopardize the very prosperity then being enjoyed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other problems beset the line in the 1860s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her career declined after the 1930s, and financial problems beset her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Problems beset other early chapters as well. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 困扰 Japanese: つきまとわれる |
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