n.攻击；突袭；抨击
vt.袭击；突袭
Trainee commandos are put through an exhausting assault course. 受训的突击队员要参加令人筋疲力尽的突击课程。
The court determined that the man was guilty of assault. 法庭裁定那个人犯了侵犯人身罪。
A deep, wide ditch, usually filled with water, typically surrounding a fortified medieval town, fortress, or castle as a protection against assault. 护城河一条深而宽的、通常有水沟环绕设防的中世纪城镇城堡或堡垒，用以抵抗外来袭击
The article was a vicious assault on Bell's integrity. 这篇文章是对贝尔完整性的恶劣抨击。
用作及物动词 (vt.)The commander decided to assault the enemy in the darkness. 指挥官决定夜袭敌军。
assault用作名词意思是“攻击,猛袭,突袭”,可指口头上言论的抨击,也可指武力上的攻击或袭击。
v.(动词)assault用作动词的基本意思是“袭击,殴打”,指在愤怒中以暴力突然袭击对方,打斗双方彼此能接触到,常指近身的肉搏,也指出于嫉妒等恶意动机而进行的人身攻击; assault引申可作“强奸”的委婉语。
assault是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,作“强暴”解时,常用于被动结构。
