besetting

英 [bɪˈsetɪŋ]

美 [bɪˈsetɪŋ]

v.  困扰; 威胁
beset的现在分词

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柯林斯词典

The form beset is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. beset的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。


• VERB 困扰；烦扰；使苦恼
  If someone or somethingis beset byproblems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
  1. The country is beset by severe economic problems.
     这个国家被严重的经济问题所困扰。
  2. The discussions were beset with difficulties.
     讨论困难重重。
  3. ...the problems now besetting the country.
     现在正困扰该国的问题

双语例句

• The crisis currently besetting the car industry.
  最近困扰着汽车工业的危机。
• Neither were they connected with fear: he was conscious of no fear. rather, they originated in a strange besetting desire to know what to do when the time came;
  种种思想都与害怕无关；他丝毫不觉得害怕，它们只仿佛产生于一种奇怪的无法摆脱的欲望，想知道到时候该怎么办。
• The imbalance of Corporate Social Responsibility has become a serious social problem besetting the current social stability and social harmony.
  企业社会责任的失衡已经成为困扰当前我国社会稳定与社会和谐的社会问题。
• It's one of the most difficult problems besetting our modern way of life.
  那是困扰我们现代生活方式的一个最棘手的问题。
• National interests contradictions conceal the dangers of the arms race and regional conflicts, the security dilemma is besetting national security in Northeast Asia.
  各国利益的矛盾掩藏着军备竞赛和地区冲突的危险，安全困境的幽灵困扰着东北亚地区各国的国家安全。
• Dick was a fine person, apart from his besetting sin-he drank too much.
  撇开他过分贪杯的恶习而言，迪克是个品行很好的人。
• They came at least once every year or so, mainly to help Uncle cope with his besetting loneliness.
  他们大约每年至少来一次，主要是来帮助舅舅排解不断袭来的孤独。
• Integrity has become one of the problems besetting the industry.
  诚信成为困扰房地产业的难题之一。
• But the designers of this strategic approach failed to fully consider the extreme polarization besetting our political system.
  但这个策略的设计者并没有充分考虑到困扰美国政治系统的极端两极化现象。
• His besetting sin is laziness.
  他所易犯的毛病就是懒惰。