单词	beset
释义	besetbe‧set /bɪˈset/ verb (past tense and past participle beset, present participle besetting) [transitive] formal Verb Table VERB TABLE beset Simple Form Present I, you, we, they beset he, she, it besets Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they beset Present perfect I, you, we, they have beset he, she, it has beset Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had beset Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will beset Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have beset Continuous Form Present I am besetting he, she, it is besetting you, we, they are besetting Past I, he, she, it was besetting you, we, they were besetting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been besetting he, she, it has been besetting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been besetting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be besetting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been besetting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Behind it lay a tumultuous precedent-one of the most disastrous incidents to beset the face of the earth. Brookner probes with scrupulous attention, keen irony and a profound appreciation of the endless ambivalences that beset human relationships. But this sector has been beset by problems, and the evidence suggests that they have yet to be properly ironed out. Each one, depending on his circumstances at the moment, feels and names the fears that beset him. International matches in the more traditional cricket centres of Colombo and Kandy are beset by interruptions. Quite apart from the class conflict endemic in capitalism, the economic system itself is beset with instabilities. The case has been beset by the kinds of official miscues typical in rape cases here. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a besetting sin literary (=one that you keep committing)· Drunkenness was his besetting sin. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► difficulty · But difficulties began to beset him. ► problem · During the 1980s problems beset Orkney's Social Work Department.· But the many other problems that beset Florida on Election Day are far more deserving of a congressional investigation.· The problems that beset Ptolemaic astronomy were pressing ones in the light of the need for calendar reform at the time of Copernicus.· Profiteering price-hikes, and worsening inequalities between different social groups were the problems which beset Deng's reform programme. 1to make someone experience serious problems or dangersbe beset with/by something The business has been beset with financial problems.GRAMMAR Beset is usually passive in this meaning.2besetting sin a particular bad feature or habit – often used humorously
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