| 单词 | bombard |
| 释义 | bombard (bɒmbɑːʳd ) Word forms: bombards , bombarding , bombarded 1. verb If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them. He bombarded Catherine with questions to which he should have known the answers. [VERB noun + with] I've been bombarded by the press and television since I came back from Norway. [be VERB-ed + by] Synonyms: attack, assault, batter, barrage 2. verb When soldiers bombard a place, they attack it with continuous heavy gunfire or bombs. Rebel artillery units have regularly bombarded the airport. [VERB noun] The town has been heavily bombarded by the army backed by the airforce. [VERB noun] Synonyms: bomb, shell, blast, blitz Collocations: bombard with information The wealthy have increasing demands on their time and are bombarded with information from all sides. Times, Sunday Times From the start we are bombarded with information. The Sun A generation ago knowledge had to be actively sought out; today we are bombarded with information, much of it bad, biased or simply irrelevant. Times, Sunday Times Last week viewers were terrified when a computer glitch resulted in them being bombarded with information about an earthquake that had not happened. Times, Sunday Times Many of us belong to a generation that has been bombarded with information on keeping the body fit with diet and exercise. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 连珠炮似地提问 Japanese: 攻めたてる |
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