beset
beset
be·set / bɪˈsɛt ; bɪˈset /verb (past tense and past participle beset) , present participle besetting Tformal
1. usually passiveto make someone experience serious problems or dangers困扰,使苦恼:
beset sb with / by sth
•The business has been beset with financial problems.该企业为财务问题所困扰。
•the injuries which have beset the team all season整个赛季都困扰着球队的球员受伤问题
2. besetting sin a particular bad feature or habit – often used humorously坏习惯,恶习〔常为幽默用法〕热门单词
- aetiology, etiology
- a face like thunder
- a failed actor / writer etc
- a faint hope / possibility / chance etc
- a fair crack of the whip
- a fallen woman
- a false dawn
- afar
- a faraway look
- a fashionable / stylish / sloppy etc dresser
- a fast / good / long etc ball
- a fast / slow etc walker
- a fate worse than death
- a fat lip
- (a) fat lot of good / use
- a feather in your cap
- a feeding frenzy
- a feeling for
- a fertile imagination / mind / brain
- a fevered imagination / mind / brain
- a few choice words / phrases
