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单词 beset
释义 be·set
\bə̇ˈset, bē-, usu -ed.+V\ transitive verb
(beset ; beset ; besetting ; besets)
Etymology: Middle English besetten, from Old English besettan, from be- + settan to set — more at set
1.
 a. : to set at intervals : stud especially with ornaments
  < leaves whose edges were beset with thorns — J.G.Frazer >
  < a crown beset with pearls >
 b. : to cover especially with plant growth
  < beset with tangled vegetation — Xavier Herbert >
  : fill or strew especially with impediments
  < the road is beset with dragons and evil magicians — T.B.Costain >
2. : plague, trouble, harass : weigh down : dog, bedevil
 < subject to none of the pressures that beset American and English papers — F.L.Mott >
 < distrust of himself had always beset and hampered him — S.H.Adams >
3.
 a. : to set upon : attack repeatedly : assail
  < throughout the long trek the settlers were beset by savages >
 b. : to lay siege to : surround so as to compel surrender : besiege
  < enemy troops beset the fortress >
 c. : to occupy, take possession of, or overrun in such a way as to prevent free passage : choke off : blockade
  < a screaming mob beset every road into the town >
 d.
  (1) : to close or hem in : encompass, surround
   < a town beset with towering mountains >
  (2) : to surround (as a task or problem) with immaterial or nonphysical perils or obstacles
   < his task was beset with many difficulties >
  (3) : to surround (as a ship) on all sides with ice so that free movement is totally checked — used of ice fields
   < in danger of being beset by the worst pack we'd ever seen — Glen Jacobsen >
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