embattled

英 [ɪmˈbætld]

美 [ɪmˈbætld]

adj.  被困扰的; 处境艰难的; 危机四伏的; 卷入战争的; 被敌人包围的
v.  列阵，布阵；严阵以待；整军备战；布局
embattle的过去分词和过去式

过去式：embattled　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 被困扰的；处境艰难的；危机四伏的
  surrounded by problems and difficulties
  1. the embattled party leader
     处境艰难的党的领导人
• 卷入战争的；被敌人包围的
  involved in war; surrounded by the enemy

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 处于困境的;危机四伏的;问题缠身的
  If you describe a person, group, or organization asembattled, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties.
  1. The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
     焦头烂额的总统还否认了最近有关他被自己的士兵挟持为人质的说法。
• ADJ . 卷入战争的;（尤指）被敌军包围的
  Anembattledarea is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces
  1. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
     双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案。

英英释义

adj

• having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
  1. a crenelated molding
  Synonym:battlementedcastledcastellated
• prepared for battle
  1. an embattled city

双语例句

• However, the prime minister gave his support to Chris Patten, the embattled chairman of the BBC Trust, the corporation's governing body.
  然而，首相将其支持给了彭定康，该公司的管理机构BBC信托会的主席。
• Tony Hayward had become the embattled public face of BP and the Gulf oil disaster.
  托尼·海沃德已经成为BP石油公司和应对墨西哥湾漏油灾难的公共人物而腹背受敌。
• He was asked to give a pep talk to England's soccer team for its World Cup qualifying match ( he politely declined) and to offer campaign tips to embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
  他（奥巴马）被聘请给行将加出世界杯预选赛的英国队做带动讲话（但他婉词谢绝了），并受邀给行将加入的英国首相戈登？布朗提供一些竞选的建议。
• The noose may be tightening around Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption scandal, but he is pressing on.
  身陷腐败丑闻的以色列总理奥尔默特的处境可能越来越艰难了，但是他仍然没有退意。
• The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
  焦头烂额的总统还否认了最近有关他被自己的士兵挟持为人质的说法。
• Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
  双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案。
• Libyan government TV broadcast images of Gadhafi supporters chanting and dancing as they waved posters of the embattled leader.
  利比亚政府电视广播的画面显示，卡扎菲的支持者挥舞着卡扎菲的海报呼喊舞蹈。
• But observers said the agreement was a face-saving compromise, providing the embattled Chinese negotiator with badly-needed support.
  但观察人士表示，该协议是为留存面子而作出的妥协，给处境艰难的中方谈判团提供了他们亟需的帮助。
• There were signs the embattled company was turning its core divisions round.
  有迹象表明，这家困境中的公司正在重振其核心业务。
• Akio Toyoda, the embattled Toyota chief executive, has admitted that the company lost its way and sense of priorities in its rapid rise to the top, culminating in a massive vehicle recall and a loss of consumer trust.
  陷入困境的丰田（toyota）首席执行官丰田章男（akiotoyoda）承认，该公司在快速崛起至巅峰的过程中，迷失了方向和轻重缓急意识，最终导致大规模的汽车召回事件，并丧失了消费者的信任。