attack

英 [?'t?k] 美[?'t?k]

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?attacks;第三人稱單數(shù):?attacks;過去式:?attacked;過去分詞:?attacked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?attacking;

attack 改擊

來自意大利短語attaccare battaglia, 即參與戰(zhàn)斗。與attach 屬對詞。

attack: attack: [16] Attack reached English via French attaquer from Italian attaccare ‘a(chǎn)ttach, join’, which, like Old French atachier (source of English attach) was based on a hypothetical Germanic *stakōn (from which English gets stake). Phrases such as attaccare battaglia ‘join battle’ led to attaccare being used on its own to mean ‘a(chǎn)ttack’. Attach and attack are thus ‘doublets’ – that is, words with the same ultimate derivation but different meanings.
=> attach, stake
attack (v.): c. 1600, from French attaquer (16c.), from Florentine Italian attaccare (battaglia) "join (battle)," thus the word is a doublet of attach, which was used 15c.-17c. also in the sense now reserved to attack. Related: Attacked; attacking.
attack (n.): 1660s, from attack (v.). Compare Middle English attach "a seizure or attack" (of fever), late 14c.

1. Bob died of a heart attack, brought on by his lifestyle.: 鮑勃死于由他的生活方式引起的心臟病突發(fā)。

2. His family was subjected to a hideous attack by the gang.: 他的家人遭到了匪幫的恐怖襲擊。

3. He renewed his attack on government policy towards Europe.: 他重新開始對政府的歐洲政策進(jìn)行抨擊。

4. The enemy must be digging themselves in now ready for the attack.: 敵人現(xiàn)在一定在挖掩體，準(zhǔn)備迎接進(jìn)攻。

5. Successfully merging two banks requires a fast and ruthless attack on costs.: 成功合并兩家銀行需要堅決快速地著手解決費用問題。