| 释义 |
embattled
I. embattled adjective
Etymology: Middle English embatailed, from past participle of embatailen to furnish with battlements
1. : having battlements : castellated
2. : having the edge broken with indentations like the crenels of battlements — used especially of a heraldic device (as a fess or bend)
II. em·battled \ə̇m, emˌ\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English embatailled, from past participle of embatailen to embattle
1.
a. : ready to fight : prepared to give battle
< here once the embattled farmers stood — R.W.Emerson >
b. : engaged in battle, conflict, or controversy
< lends psychological support to an embattled president — R.J.Whalen >
2.
a. : being a site of battle, conflict, or controversy
< defending his embattled capital city — Wall Street Journal >
b. : characterized by conflict or controversy
< his highly diversified, often embattled experience as an educator — Nat Hentoff > |