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单词 attack
释义
attack
(ətæk )
Word forms: attacks , attacking , attacked
1. verb B1
To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
Fifty civilians were killed when government planes attacked the town. [VERB noun]
The robbers brutally attacked the security guard. [VERB noun]
While Haig and Foch argued, the Germans attacked. [VERB]
The infantry would use hit and run tactics to slow attacking forces. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: assault, strike (at), mug [informal], set about  
Attack is also a noun.
...a campaign of air attacks on strategic targets. [+ on]
Refugees had come under attack from federal troops. [+ from]
2. verb
If you attack a person, belief, idea, or act, you criticize them strongly.
He publicly attacked the people who've been calling for secret ballot nominations. [VERB noun]
A newspaper ran an editorial attacking him for being a showman. [VERB noun + for]
[Also V n as n/adj]
Synonyms: criticize, blame, abuse, blast  
Attack is also a noun.
The role of the state as a prime mover in planning social change has been under attack.
The committee yesterday launched a scathing attack on British business for failing to invest. [+ on]
3. verb
If something such as a disease, a chemical, or an insect attacks something, it harms or spoils it.
The virus seems to have attacked his throat. [VERB noun]
Several key crops failed when they were attacked by pests. [be VERB-ed]
Synonyms: infect, affect, poison, contaminate  
Attack is also a noun.
This greatly reduces attacks from pests and diseases. [+ from]
4. verb
If you attack a job or a problem, you start to deal with it in an energetic way.
...an attempt to attack the budget problem. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: deal with, concentrate on, look after, take care of  
5. verb B1+
In games such as football, when one team attacks the opponent's goal, they try to score a goal.
Now the U.S. is controlling the ball and attacking the opponent's goal. [VERB noun]
The goal was just reward for Villa's decision to attack constantly in the second half. [VERB]
Attack is also a noun.
Lee was at the hub of some incisive attacks in the second half.
attacking graded adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Manchester City will play a more attacking style of football.
6. countable noun
An attack of an illness is a short period in which you suffer badly from it.
It had brought on an attack of asthma. [+ of]
Synonyms: bout, fit, access, spell  
7.  See also counter-attack, heart attack
Quotations:
Attack is the best form of defence
Collocations:
acid attack
So far he has not been linked to the acid attacks.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A 15-year-old boy was charged last night after an acid attack on a woman on her own doorstep.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The number of acid attacks have risen sharply in the past year, usually involving burglaries or organised gang crime.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
alleged attack
The alleged attacks took place in a tent owned by the victim.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Colleagues who witnessed the alleged attack are due to be interviewed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
No charges have been brought as the alleged attacks took place decades ago.
The Sun (2015)
asthma attack
Three people a day die from asthma attacks.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
As I came out of the anaesthetic, I had an asthma attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The sting can cause asthma attacks, acute allergic reactions and, in rare cases, cardiac arrest.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
attack an opponent
Second, attack your opponent on his strong point.
Times, Sunday Times
He intends to use information from his research into the biography to attack his opponent.
Times, Sunday Times
Players use points to cast spells or summon minions to attack their opponent.
Times, Sunday Times
Left arrows will send a virus to the opponent so the next attack the opponent attempts to use will not work.
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This character can be summoned a limited number of times in battle to attack the opponent in parallel.
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attack directly
Now we can attack directly.
Times, Sunday Times
The battle consisted of a long siege, which was necessary because the town was on high ground, well fortified, and difficult to attack directly.
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The player can not attack directly, but can tap and swipe buttons on the screen to perform attack moves.
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They cannot be attacked directly.
Christianity Today
Instead, they must be attacked directly by jumping into them.
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attack threat
They have an attacking threat against an untested English defensive backline, a good back row and lineout and are certainly battled hardened with a lot to prove.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The industrious midfielder is a real attacking threat for the Sky Blues.
The Sun (2010)
And in a game where their attacking threat gets snuffed out, they can still come up with the goods.
The Sun (2012)
attacks are rare
Attacks are rare and those who commit them are punished harshly.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Though it may not feel like it at the moment, terror attacks are still incredibly rare.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Attacks are rare and sometimes preceded by a diver spotting an apparently lifeless specimen on the ocean floor and grabbing hold of its tail.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
brutal attack
Two men were jailed for brutal attacks in the village last year.
The Sun (2016)
There is no reasonable excuse for this kind of brutal attack on innocent people.
The Sun (2009)
Such brutal attacks are not infrequent in the lawless highlands.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
chemical attack
MPs and peers were kept locked in the buildings as police, fearing a chemical attack, examined the powder.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Those victims appear now to include hundreds killed in a chemical weapons attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A Downing Street source said: This is not just about the hundreds of victims of the chemical attacks but the future of the 21st century and the kind of world we want to live in.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
deadly attack
It was the deadliest attack in the city in years.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
How long before it is used to make a more serious and deadly attack?
The Sun (2014)
A teen surfer became the second victim of a deadly shark attack in Australia in the space of a week.
The Sun (2013)
direct attack
It is another direct attack on free speech in this country.
The Sun (2009)
This was a direct attack on his honesty and integrity.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
drone attack
The town has suffered numerous drone attacks.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Four militants were killed in a drone attack on Monday.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A series of drone attacks last week suggested that the CIA was in pursuit of an important suspect.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
fatal attack
Bear attacks are rare, and fatal attacks are rarer still.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The last recorded fatal wolf attack in north America occurred in 2005 in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Officials launched the campaign after a sharp rise in fatal attacks on humans by packs of dogs roaming the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
frenzied attack
The killer is said to have stabbed himself after the frenzied attack.
The Sun (2013)
Both victims were subjected to a frenzied attack, suffering multiple stab wounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He could offer no explanation for the frenzied attack at his family home in Bristol.
The Sun (2008)
frontal attack
In both regards, he represents a leading figure in the frontal attack on the classical position.
Henry, John F The Making of Neoclassical Economics (1990)
Rather than slug it out in a frontal attack, wisdom suggests a detour.
Christianity Today (2000)
Expert opinion had warned that a frontal attack on prepared positions was certain to fail.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The days of the frontal attack are over.
Max Hastings Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445 (2007)
grenade attack
Residents of the city got used to grenade attacks and shootings.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The cops were killed in a shooting and grenade attack after he lured them to his hideaway with a fake 999 call.
The Sun (2015)
There have been at least 22 deaths in assassinations, gun battles and drive-by grenade attacks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
horrific attack
He was murdered in an horrific attack on Monday.
The Sun (2012)
It is difficult to imagine a more horrific attack.
The Sun (2015)
The TV presenter and former model survived a horrific acid attack in 2008.
The Sun (2013)
knife attack
It was one of three knife attacks in the city at the weekend.
The Sun (2006)
Two men have been charged with murder after a builder was killed in an alleged knife attack on New Year's Day.
The Sun (2015)
He will chair a ministerial summit today after knife attacks claimed four lives this month alone.
The Sun (2006)
missile attack
By no means all the missile attacks have been precise.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
After both a hijack attempt and missile attack prove futile, a Secret Service officer goes undercover to foil the enemy's plot.
The Sun (2009)
Missile attacks from drones killed dozens of militants in Pakistan's tribal belt.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
mortar attack
The mortar attack on Thursday was the deadliest of its kind.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
About 4am a mortar attack was launched on a nearby CIA building.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The provincial government said the shooting began after insurgents launched a mortar attack on the US checkpoint.
The Sun (2012)
nuclear attack
But before then, the team must stop a planned nuclear attack in the heart of London!
The Sun (2008)
They hide in the deep oceans ready to launch a retaliatory strike if Britain should come under nuclear attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
personal attack
In most cases, the fire eventually singes the pastor in some sort of personal attack.
Christianity Today
There was plenty of good-humoured (but cutting) personal attack too.
Times, Sunday Times
It felt like a personal attack, and it was a tough thing to point out to a girlfriend.
Times, Sunday Times
What was intended to be sensible advice based on best evidence appears to have been taken as a personal attack by some sections of society.
Times, Sunday Times
An unlicensed leak from a government source can be accompanied by a whispered personal attack on a rival minister.
Times, Sunday Times
plan an attack
They were planning attacks all over Belgium.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She is suspected of having links to a terrorist cell planning an attack in Kenya.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It included detailed instructions on how to make bombs and tips on planning attacks.
The Sun (2012)
plot an attack
Her husband was found guilty of plotting an attack with two others.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He is also said to have bought arms for terrorists and plotted an attack on a hotel.
The Sun (2013)
It is thought to be the first time poachers have plotted such an attack in the UK.
The Sun (2013)
provoke an attack
Tobacco smoke irritates sensitive airways and can provoke an attack.
The Sun
Was it an accident, or did the villagers' wealth provoke an attack?
Times, Sunday Times
Another suggestion was that we should have reproduced the cartoons that appear to have provoked the attack, instead of a news photograph.
Times, Sunday Times
Family members were at a loss to explain what could have provoked the attack.
Times, Sunday Times
He apparently provoked the attack.
The Sun
random attack
It might just be a random attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We do not know if she was targeted or if it is a random attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is important to remember that this was not a completely unprovoked and random attack, and that there may have been provocation.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
repel an attack
But forces loyal to the besieged president repelled the attack with heavy weapons.
The Sun (2011)
The rebels repelled an attack by 70 tanks on the town yesterday and claimed to have captured at least 15 tanks.
The Sun (2011)
The Taleban said that it repelled the attack, inflicting heavy casualties but losing only one of its fighters.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
revenge attack
It would appear to be a revenge attack.
Times, Sunday Times
The raider was planning a revenge attack on the technology company where he used to work.
Times, Sunday Times
You're not telling me that the perpetrators are not worried about a revenge attack for their actions.
The Sun
The prosecution alleged that two other men also took part in the 'revenge attack'.
Times, Sunday Times
Fears of a revenge attack were mounting.
The Sun
savage attack
A police source said:'It was a savage attack'.
The Sun (2010)
He underwent surgery after having part of his eyebrow bitten off in a savage attack.
The Sun (2013)
On the film he can be seen brandishing the racket moments before the savage attack.
The Sun (2009)
scathing attack
The Council of Mortgage Lenders launched a scathing attack on banks and building societies for their approach to older borrowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Schools and universities have ' lost the plot' in preparing young people for the workforce, according to a scathing attack on the education system.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In a scathing attack, the watchdog says too many plans are terrible value for money.
The Sun (2013)
severe attack
Most people who develop a quinsy will have just experienced a severe attack of tonsillitis.
Times, Sunday Times
A more severe attack could produce a higher figure.
Times, Sunday Times
The night before he died he had a severe attack and took four tablets.
Times, Sunday Times
It would have been a sickener if they had been undone by a severe attack of stage fright.
The Sun
If you get a severe attack lasting more than 15 minutes, call an ambulance pronto.
The Sun
shark attack
A teenager died in 2008 in another shark attack on the same beach.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The last fatal shark attack in the harbour was in 1963..
The Sun (2009)
A Brit has told how he risked his life to save a shark attack victim whose arm was ripped off.
The Sun (2015)
sneak attack
This is a sneak attack, a rearguard action by those who still want to see statutory control of the press.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
West tried the sneak attack of a club v 3NT.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Here West tried the sneak attack of a club.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
stage an attack
One fear is that fanatics could stage a suicide attack.
The Sun (2007)
The police were staging a mock terrorist attack.
The Sun (2016)
In Europe, fireworks displays were called off in Brussels after police questioned three people over an alleged plot to stage an attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
stop an attack
The UK calls on militant groups to stop these attacks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Her husband tried to stop the frenzied attack but was stabbed 16 times himself.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In the season finale, he hunts her killer while trying to stop a terrorist attack on a jet.
The Sun (2006)
suffer an attack
Every year about 146,000 people suffer an attack.
Times, Sunday Times
So it's worth checking your blood sugar reading next time you suffer an attack.
The Sun
The report said that 90 per cent of large companies had experienced a breach and 25 per cent suffer an attack at least once a month.
Times, Sunday Times
The medical schools were the first to suffer the attack; they were ridiculed as obsolete inadequate and inefficient.
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The band were clearly suffering an attack of nerves.
Times, Sunday Times
survive an attack
The policeman survived the attack, officials said.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A hunter survived a savage bear attack by remembering a tip in a magazine - and plunging his arm down its throat.
The Sun (2015)
The advice comes from French government posters issued to help people to survive a terrorist attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
terror attack
His country is reeling from a terror attack in which more than 70 people died.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She was suspected of a terror attack on a Nairobi mall.
The Sun (2014)
Intelligence reports suggested he fought on the front line in Somalia, bought arms and planned terror attacks on hotels.
The Sun (2013)
terrorist attack
Then, only hours into her new job as Home Secretary, came those horrifying terrorist attacks.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
As it reels from its worst terrorist attack in a generation, the country is in uproar.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Children as young as nine are calling ChildLine terrified that they will be the victim of a terrorist attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
thwart an attack
The security services have thwarted many attacks in the years since the July 7, 2005 bombings on London's transport system.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It was the same day four more attempted bomb attacks were thwarted in the capital.
The Sun (2015)
The media have suggested that the thwarted bomb attack might be an attempt by an embattled government to elicit sympathy and divert attention from other issues.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
trigger an attack
Getting hot and sweaty could trigger an attack of eczema.
The Sun (2014)
Some migraine sufferers find that exercise triggers an attack.
The Sun (2014)
Going from warm to cold air, or vice versa, can trigger an attack for asthma sufferers.
The Sun (2016)
unprovoked attack
Friends said that he had been the victim of an unprovoked attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
On that night last May an unprovoked attack by a total stranger left her virtually blind.
The Sun (2012)
The sickening scene came during an unprovoked attack which the pack of teenagers knew was being caught on CCTV.
The Sun (2008)
verbal attack
Now, surely, is the time to call a halt on all unpleasant verbal attacks on others.
The Sun (2015)
The midfielder was disciplined last season following a verbal attack on the club when they turned down a transfer request.
The Sun (2014)
He suffered three weeks of vile physical and verbal attacks few British sportsmen can surely have suffered.
The Sun (2015)
vicious attack
He carried out a vicious attack and there are no excuses for what he did.
The Sun (2009)
He had lost all his memory as a result of a vicious attack.
The Sun (2014)
Two brothers carried out a vicious attack that left their victim fighting for his life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
virus attacks
When a virus attacks an organism, it can integrate its genetic material into a cell's genome.
Times, Sunday Times
The virus attacks the brain, causing chronic inflammation and resulting in life-threatening seizures.
Times, Sunday Times
The virus attacks the brain, causing life-threatening seizures.
Times, Sunday Times
They explain how the virus attacks the body and how it spreads.
Times, Sunday Times
The next step will be to find ways to boost their activity in the body when a virus attacks.
Globe and Mail
wave of attack
At 11:30 a. m. a green flash went off as a signal for the motorized division to move across the Neva in the second wave of attack.
Paullina Simons THE BRONZE HORSEMAN (2001)
Wave after wave of attack was repelled.
The Sun (2011)
Alone in my room after the first wave of attack had finally subsided, helplessness reduced me to hot, angry tears.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
witness an attack
A neighbour who witnessed the attack said: 'He scared the life out of me'.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The horrific attack was witnessed by shocked families at the hotel in Newport, South Wales.
The Sun (2014)
I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to anyone who witnessed the attack but has yet to contact the police, to come forward.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Translations:
Chinese: 攻击, 进攻, 抨击
Japanese: 攻撃, 攻撃する, 攻撃する
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