besetting
英 [bɪˈsetɪŋ]
美 [bɪˈsetɪŋ]
v. 困扰; 威胁
beset的现在分词
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柯林斯词典
- 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.- The country is beset by severe economic problems.
这个国家被严重的经济问题所困扰。 - The discussions were beset with difficulties.
讨论困难重重。 - ...the problems now besetting the country.
现在正困扰该国的问题
- The country is beset by severe economic problems.
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。
双语例句
- Neither were they connected with fear: he was conscious of no fear. rather, they originated in a strange besetting desire to know what to do when the time came;
种种思想都与害怕无关；他丝毫不觉得害怕，它们只仿佛产生于一种奇怪的无法摆脱的欲望，想知道到时候该怎么办。 - 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。 - Despite the economic turmoil besetting the region, the Hong Kong SAR government has been able to introduce a range of new tax concessions and lower taxes for individuals and corporations.
尽管区内饱受金融风暴困扰，香港特区政府仍能实施多项新的税项宽减，以及调低个人和公司的税款。 - At Present the Mathematics Education Is Besetting Many Troubles
当前数学教育碰到了四个问题 - 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。 - Dick was a fine person, apart from his besetting sin-he drank too much.
撇开他过分贪杯的恶习而言，迪克是个品行很好的人。 - His besetting sin is laziness.
他所易犯的毛病就是懒惰。 - It's one of the most difficult problems besetting our modern way of life.
那是困扰我们现代生活方式的一个最棘手的问题。 - It's has been a controversy of the definition of assisted suicide which has been besetting the theoretical and judicial circles.
帮助自杀的定性是一个争议已久的问题，一直困扰着理论界和司法界。 - More specifically, he repeated a call he first uttered last year-namely that businesses and investors stop funding politicians, unless the politicians pledge to break the poisonous gridlock that is now besetting Washington.
更确切地说，他是在重复去年首次提出的主张，即呼吁企业和投资者不再资助政客，除非他们承诺打破目前困扰美国政界的极其有害的僵局。