onslaught

英 [ˈɒnslɔːt]

美 [ˈɑːnslɔːt]

n.  攻击; 猛攻

复数：onslaughts　

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牛津词典

noun

• 攻击；猛攻
  a strong or violent attack
  1. the enemy onslaught on our military forces
     敌军对我军的进攻
  2. The town survives the onslaught of tourists every summer.
     每年夏天，这座小城都要熬过一段旅游者蜂拥而至的苦日子。
  3. an onslaught of abuse
     一阵谩骂

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 攻击；袭击;猛攻
  Anonslaughton someone or something is a very violent, forceful attack against them.
  1. The attackers launched another vicious onslaught on their victim...
     袭击者再度凶残地攻击受害人。
  2. The rebels responded to a military onslaught against them by launching a major assault on an army camp.
     叛乱分子为报复政府的军事打击，向一处军营发动猛攻。
  3. ...a media onslaught.
     媒体的狂轰滥炸
• N-COUNT （常指难以应付的）大批，大量
  If you refer to anonslaught ofsomething, you mean that there is a large amount of it, often so that it is very difficult to deal with.
  1. The onslaught of orders should keep aircraft manufacturers busy for some time.
     纷至沓来的订单应该会让飞机制造商忙碌一段时间。
  2. ...the constant onslaught of ads on American TV.
     美国电视上让人应接不暇的广告

英英释义

noun

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
  1. the attack began at dawn
  Synonym:attackonsetonrush
• the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
  1. a barrage of questions
  2. a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
  Synonym:barragebombardmentoutpouring
• a sudden and severe onset of trouble

双语例句

• But, with the arrival of our peers and the onslaught of our training and work responsibilities has come a newfound freedom.
  但是，随着同行的到来、大量的培训和工作责任，我们也感受到了新的自由。
• Can Asia's banks withstand the onslaught?
  亚洲的银行经得起经济危机的强大冲击吗？
• The importance of Marx for many socialists was that he gave them both a moral onslaught on capitalism and the prophecy that it was bound to perish.
  对许多社会主义者来说，马克思的重要性在于，他既为社会主义者对资本主义给予了猛烈的道德攻击，还预言了资本主义必然灭亡。
• Social service agencies are scrambling to meet the onslaught of demands unfolding over the coming years.
  社会服务机构都在争先恐后地满足未来几年开展的需求冲击。
• The attackers launched another vicious onslaught on their victim
  袭击者再度凶残地攻击受害人。
• But, though the Chinese onslaught looks fractious and pell-mell, conspiracy theorists smell a state-driven attack on the commanding heights of Australia's economy.
  虽然中国人的攻击看起来有些暴躁和忙乱，但在这波旨在控制澳大利亚经济高度的攻击中，阴谋论者似乎嗅到了一丝国家主使的气息。
• I can understand why some developing countries are being taken by surprise by the onslaught of these diseases.
  我能够理解，为何一些发展中国家对这些疾病的涌现出其不意。
• The president faces an onslaught of criticism for his handling of the crisis.
  总统因对这场危机的处理而面临着一场猛烈的批评攻击。
• Israel's rightward drift and its brutal onslaught on Gaza in2009;
  以色列右转，并于2009年对加沙发动了野蛮的攻击。
• Get set for an onslaught of films about people waking up and smell ­ ing the coffee.
  电影工业正准备向着“醒来闻到咖啡香”这类题材的电影发起了猛攻。