【英语早间课堂】Talking about Homesickness(之四)

【今日主题】

上回我们详细的学习了an attack of 这个短语的发音。今天我们就来学习这个短语的意思。要知道它的意思，我们将在下面对这个短语的中心词attack的讲解中您就会自然知道了。Attack意思即: 攻击，进攻，袭击，侵袭and so on。我们可以说是以“枪炮”攻击，也可以是以“武力”攻击，我们可以说是以在唇枪舌战中以“言语”攻击，还可以说是恶魔疾病的攻击......。下面我们就一一来看。

Fist of all , it's used to express " an act of tying to hurt or kill somebody, using violence such as a knife". 意思是：（以刀等武力）伤害某人，杀死某人。Look at the following sentence: A gang of youths make an attack on that woman and robbed her. 那位妇女遭到了一伙年轻人的袭击和抢劫。A gang of 是“一帮，一群，一伙”的意思，make an attack on somebody 意思是向某人进攻。Please pay attention to the preposition "on" .

Secondly¹ , "attack" can be used to express "an act of trying to kill or injure the enemy , using weapon in war". 意思是：（在战争中以武器）进攻，攻击。Look at this sentence: At down the army launch an attack on the town. 军队在拂晓之时向这座城市发起了进攻。Launch an attack on（upon） something 是“对（向）某物发起进攻”的意思。我们还可以用make, mount, deliver等词儿来表述“发起”之意。即：make an attack , mount an attack, deliver an attack. 要表述“对某物或者是某人发起进攻”，介词可以用on或者是against. Look at these two sentences: We made an attack on Japanese enemies at night yesterday. 我们在昨晚深夜袭击了日本鬼子。The commander gave us an order that we must mount an attack against them at noon. 司令下了命令了，说我们必须在中午对他们发起进攻。 Look at this typical example sentence: The patrol came under attack from all sides. 巡逻队遭到了四面八方的袭击。Under attack是遭到袭击的意思，它通常与come连用来表述这个意思，即：come under attack. 我们中文中说的"四面八方"的英文表达就是“from all sides”。我们中国的古典民乐中有一首曲子叫做《十面埋伏》，则表述为：Ambush from All Sides 。西汉史学家•司马迁《史记•项羽本纪》中有一句话：夜闻汉军四面皆楚歌”。“四面楚歌”的英文表述则是：Beseiged From All Sides。

Thirdly，“attack”means " strong criticism of somebody or something in writing or speech". 意思是；用言语或者书面强烈地批评某人或某物，也就是中文中文学词语”抨击，非难”的意思。Look at the following sentences: The school has come under attack for failing to encourage bright pupil. 这所学校因为未鼓励聪明的学生而受到非难。这个句子中，也是under attack与come连用表述“遭到非难，抨击”的意思。They started an attack against each other with sharp words. 他们开始用激烈的语言互相抨击起来了。The public made an scathing² attack on the goverment's policies. 民众猛烈地抨击政府的政策。

 

转自可可英语

 

1 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

2 scathing   

adj.（言词、文章）严厉的，尖刻的；不留情的adv.严厉地，尖刻地v.伤害，损害（尤指使之枯萎）( scathe的现在分词)

参考例句：

• a scathing attack on the new management 针对新的管理层的猛烈抨击
• Her speech was a scathing indictment of the government's record on crime. 她的演讲强烈指责了政府在犯罪问题上的表现。 来自《简明英汉词典》