beset的意思|beset的解释-里氏词典

beset [bɪ'sɛt]

vt. 围绕, 使苦恼, 镶嵌

In the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes.
我们在沼泽地受到蚊子的围攻。
The enemy beset the city with a strong army.
敌人以强大的军队围困城市。
He was beset by doubts.
他疑虑重重。

beset
besetting

[ verb ]

Beset \Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G.
besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See
{Set}.]
1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent
objects.

A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
--Spectator.

The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet
shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn.

2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to
blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton.

Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison.

3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said
of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.''
--Milton. ``Beset with ills.'' --Addison. ``Incommodities
which beset old age.'' --Burke.

4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege;
encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.

Beset \Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G.
besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See
{Set}.]
1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent
objects.

A robe of azure beset with drops of gold.
--Spectator.

The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet
shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn.

2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to
blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton.

Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison.

3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said
of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.''
--Milton. ``Beset with ills.'' --Addison. ``Incommodities
which beset old age.'' --Burke.

4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege;
encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.

Some Republicans have said Atwater's political acumen is sorely missed in the White House, as Bush was beset by economic and budget problems including his decision to abandon his pledge against raising taxes.
The stock market retreated today, beset by lingering recession worries as traders returned from the July 4 holiday.
After 20 years of often ruthless rule, the aging Siad Barre, who is believed to be in his 80s, is isolated internationally and beset by strife in his country.
As part of this effort, IBM, beset by customer complaints of red tape at Paris headquarters, is moving many key managers out of Paris and scattering them around the Continent.
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., was joined by two other lawmakers beset by recent sex scandals in abstaining from a vote Thursday on expelling Frank from the House because of his official actions on behalf of a male prostitute.
He was recruited by Mr. Mulroney to reorganize and run his office, which had been beset by internal disputes and scandals.
And compared with the scandals that beset some of their ancestors, the separation announced Thursday of the queen's daughter from Capt.
But natural disasters ranging from cyclones to droughts beset the island and with the economy near bankruptcy in 1982, Ratsirka began restoring economic ties with the West.
Opponents of ending the Communist monopoly in the non-aligned country contend party unity is vital to the unity of Yugoslavia, which is facing its worst economic crisis and is beset by ethnic rivalries.
Caretaker Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson said Friday he is forming a new government to end Sweden's political crisis and quell the labor strife and inflation that have beset the economy.
Houston-based Texas Commerce, beset with its own energy-related problem loans, was one of the nation's 25 largest bank-holding companies until it was acquired last May by Chemical New York Corp.
Consider the management problems that beset Air Atlanta, an airline headed by Michael Hollis, a black lawyer and former investment banker who became a vice president at Oppenheimer & Co. at age 27 and started the airline at 31.
He has been prime minister six times and twice was forced to resign by the army for policies beset by corruption, economic crises and a complete breakdown of order.
West has been beset by financial problems that include an outstanding debt of $110,000 claimed by her former financial manager.
Lee also said North Korea, beset by economic difficulties resulting from its continuing arms buildup, could not continue to ignore the democratric reforms sweeping Eastern Europe and may be forced to come out of isolation.
"Most of us have gotten over the idea that change comes overnight." Even before troubles beset Riverside, its pastor's role as the national spokesman for religious liberalism was called "the toughest job in Protestantism."
Akzo lost Fl 1.70 on the day to Fl 125.30. FRANKFURT took a breather after a week beset by bad economic and corporate news.
Coated Sales Inc., the specialty fabric maker beset by irregularities in its financial statements, filed for federal bankruptcy-law protection.
Cisneros, beset by personal problems, decided against running for a fifth term.
Odds and Ends HERE'S MORE bad news for the country's mortgage lenders, already beset by slackening consumer loan demand: In the 1987 fourth quarter, mortgage delinquencies rose for the first time in two years, says the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Natural disasters ranging from cyclones to droughts beset the island and, with the economy near bankruptcy in 1982, Ratsiraka began restoring economic ties with the West.
Soviet oil exports, beset by domestic production problems, could fall as much as 50% this year, according to some Western and Soviet estimates, leading to a loss of about $11 billion in export revenue.
Times also seem lean in Armenia and Moldavia, two republics beset by ethnic unrest.
In the latter two countries the inflation has been more a one-off adjustment revealing hitherto concealed inflationary pressures than an ongoing inflationary process of the kind that beset Poland.
Ireland, beset by high taxes and 17 percent unemployment, has experienced its biggest wave of emigration since the 1920s.
As other African dictators have done, he argued that a multiparty system would endanger national unity in a country still beset by tribal rivalries.
Eastern Europe is beset by economic problems and ethnic tensions.
His words captured the mood of the continent at a critical moment. Three disastrous decades later, ravaged by mismanagement and misfortune, Africa is once again at a watershed, beset by problems which can only be overcome with external help.
Dukakis' advertising effort, beset by indecision, settled in the final days on two populist taglines: "The best America is yet to come" and "Dukakis-Bentsen.
From the start, the project was beset with administrative, political and financial problems, and it even came close to being canceled.

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