besetting

英 [bɪˈsetɪŋ]

美 [bɪˈsetɪŋ]

v.  困扰; 威胁
beset的现在分词

BNC.49220

柯林斯词典

The form beset is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. beset的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。


• VERB 困扰；烦扰；使苦恼
  If someone or somethingis beset byproblems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
  1. The country is beset by severe economic problems.
     这个国家被严重的经济问题所困扰。
  2. The discussions were beset with difficulties.
     讨论困难重重。
  3. ...the problems now besetting the country.
     现在正困扰该国的问题

双语例句

• Casting reflections on others is her besetting sin.
  她的恶习是爱说别人的坏话。
• Linked poverty and unemployment to the social unrest Besetting the city.
  把使城市陷入困境的社会骚乱与贫困失业联系起来。
• The imbalance of Corporate Social Responsibility has become a serious social problem besetting the current social stability and social harmony.
  企业社会责任的失衡已经成为困扰当前我国社会稳定与社会和谐的社会问题。
• With the higher degree of globalization, the prevalence of counterfeiting is emerging as one of the most troublesome problems besetting an increasing number of industries and countries.
  随着经济全球化程度的提高，仿冒品的盛行成为越来越多产业与国家急需面对的问题。
• A person of vivid imagination often suffers acutely from the imagined perils besetting friends, relatives, or even strangers such as celebrities.
  一个想象生动的人，常常苦于想象来的危险殃及亲友，甚至殃及名人。
• Or the continued problems besetting the computers used for welfare payments in the UK-not to mention the glitches that have beset many western banks, such as Royal Bank of Scotland.
  或者还有问题不断的英国福利金支付系统的电脑&更不用提包括苏格兰皇家银行（RBS）在内的许多西方银行连绵不断的故障了。
• National interests contradictions conceal the dangers of the arms race and regional conflicts, the security dilemma is besetting national security in Northeast Asia.
  各国利益的矛盾掩藏着军备竞赛和地区冲突的危险，安全困境的幽灵困扰着东北亚地区各国的国家安全。
• His besetting sin is laziness.
  他所易犯的毛病就是懒惰。
• The crisis currently besetting the car industry.
  最近困扰着汽车工业的危机。
• They came at least once every year or so, mainly to help Uncle cope with his besetting loneliness.
  他们大约每年至少来一次，主要是来帮助舅舅排解不断袭来的孤独。