In the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes. 我们在沼泽地受到蚊子的围攻。
The enemy beset the city with a strong army. 敌人以强大的军队围困城市。
He was beset by doubts. 他疑虑重重。
Besetting \Be*set"ting\, a. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin.
Beset \Be*set"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beset}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Besetting}.] [AS. besettan (akin to OHG. bisazjan, G. besetzen, D. bezetten); pref. be- + settan to set. See {Set}.] 1. To set or stud (anything) with ornaments or prominent objects.
A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. --Spectator.
The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. --Evelyn.
2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. ``Beset with foes.'' --Milton.
Let thy troops beset our gates. --Addison.
3. To set upon on all sides; to perplex; to harass; -- said of dangers, obstacles, etc. ``Adam, sore beset, replied.'' --Milton. ``Beset with ills.'' --Addison. ``Incommodities which beset old age.'' --Burke.
4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press.
Some of the recent problems besetting the Bush campaign: _He unintentionally handed Jesse Jackson a new issue with his characterization of the Democrat as "the hustler from Chicago" in a speech to a GOP audience in Nebraska.
The woman's account, in a New Orleans television interview Wednesday, added to pressures besetting the Executive Presbytery of the Assemblies of God, at its international headquarters here.
A critical shortage of managerial talent is not the least of the problems besetting the structural reform programme. The authorities are right to be nervous about the consequences of reforms that bring further hardship to an already hard-pressed populace.
Of the trials besetting Sullivan & Cromwell, the most recent stems from the New York Surrogate's Court case of Wynyard vs.
What we really need are tight quantitive controls on the amount of fish coming in.' Mr David Curry, fisheries minister, accused fishermen of simplifying the problem besetting the industry, and inadequately regulating themselves.