| 单词 | bombardment |
| 释义 | bombardment (bɒmbɑːʳdmənt ) Word forms: bombardments 1. variable noun A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing. The city has been flattened by heavy artillery bombardments. The capital is still under constant bombardment by the rebel forces. Synonyms: bombing, attack, fire, assault 2. variable noun A bombardment of ideas, demands, questions, or criticisms is an aggressive and exhausting stream of them. ...the constant bombardment of images urging that work was important. [+ of] Collocations: air bombardment Certainly victory will not come from air bombardment alone. Times, Sunday Times And it needed to be 40 minutes after first light, so a naval and air bombardment had time to deal as best they could with coastal defences. The Sun In order to collapse tunnels too deep for the demolition teams to find and crush, the village was then subjected to heavy air bombardment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The intense ten-day air bombardment had substantially reduced the defenses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the high command decided otherwise, concluding that naval and air bombardment would hopefully neutralize, or in the best case, eradicate, enemy opposition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Studies have found that a constant bombardment of work emails contributes heavily to stress and anxiety. Times, Sunday Times (2016) In the past six months bases in the port have come under almost constant bombardment by rebels. The Sun (2007) The spokesman said: 'The constant bombardment by certain agency photographers at her home has increased anxiety and caused disturbance. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Ten attacks in 2,000 days cannot be described as a 'near daily bombardment'. Times, Sunday Times The 250,000 people estimated to be living there have suffered daily bombardment for more than four years. Times, Sunday Times The daily bombardment by artillery had been suspended, perhaps a ploy to encourage the natural human reaction to a cessation of constant strain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After month upon month of relentless daily bombardments of cricket, the group stage finally reached an end and a quiet descended that correspondents swiftly dubbed 'the calm before the quarter-finals'. Times, Sunday Times There were daily bombardments against the civilian population using helicopter gunships. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was heavy bombardment all along the coast. The Sun (2014) There was continuing heavy bombardment in other areas. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Each passage is two metres high by one metre wide and reinforced to resist heavy bombardment. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This part of the line was subjected to a very heavy bombardment, and the machinegun section in particular was singled out for an especially heavy shell fire. Times, Sunday Times (2008) During a period of intense bombardment, between 4.1 and 3.8 billion years ago, ice-covered comets and asteroids could have delivered water. Times, Sunday Times He concluded that intense bombardment would reduce the battlefield to 'a swamplike pulp', and he was right. Times, Sunday Times An intense bombardment began between midnight and 1 o'clock, and continued till between 3 and 4, when the attack was delivered on a wide front. Times, Sunday Times After this event was a period of only slightly less intense bombardment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Despite the intense bombardment, the second week of the battle was a stalemate, without any changes in lines of control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 轰击 Japanese: 爆撃 |
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