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.)Six women have been sexually assaulted in the area recently. 最近这一带有六个女子遭受强奸猥亵。
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。
