onslaught的意思|onslaught的解释-里氏词典

onslaught ['ɒnslɒ:t]

n. 突击, 猛击, 猛攻

onslaught

[ noun ]

a sudden and severe onset of trouble

<noun.event>

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

<noun.act>

the attack began at dawn

the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

<noun.communication>

a barrage of questions

a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake

Onslaught \On"slaught`\, n. [OE. on on + slaught, slaht,
slaughter. See {Slaughter}.]
1. An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack
or assault.

By storm and onslaught to proceed. --Hudibras.

2. A bloody fray or battle. [Scot.] --Jamieson.

As for Unilever, it had obviously failed to anticipate how violently P&G would react and how ill-equipped it was to handle the onslaught. Until the end of May the Anglo-Dutch company just about managed to hold its own with consumers.
Vessels large and small, many of them the same ones that rescued hundreds of thousands of Allied troops from the Nazi onslaught, made their way across the English Channel to mark the 50th anniversary of the evacuation.
Guerrilla and Western observers have predicted Kabul will fall within weeks or months in the absence of Soviet forces but Marxist President Najib says his army is strong enough to withstand a rebel onslaught.
Although sanctions have devastated the economy, they failed to slow the Serbian onslaught in Bosnia.
It is widely expected that the current ratio of eight cinema seats per 1,000 population will improve in the near future. Moreover, the video onslaught, which had become the bane of the business during the 1980s is no longer the menace it used to be.
The oily onslaught is near the inland Bolsa Chica Wetlands, an ecological reserve that is home to the endangered California brown pelican as well as a temporary home to thousands of migratory birds and much marine life.
By stressing the absolute number of votes, as opposed to the percentage, it poses as defender of the status quo against yet another onslaught by wild-eyed continental federalists.
"We're just not equipped to handle the massive onslaught of requests."
In the stock market, investors are nervously awaiting the onslaught of second-quarter earnings reports and watching how the bond market responds to its new supply.
Efforts to deploy aircraft over Gorazde were hampered yesterday by the absence of UN ground troops. The latest Serb onslaught was in direct violation of promises to Mr Vitaly Churkin, the Russian peace envoy, to observe a ceasefire.
The Philippine National Red Cross and other relief agencies said 103 people were killed on land in the onslaught of the typhoon, which pummeled the entire archipelago nation with heavy rains and winds Monday and Tuesday.
"The worst is still to come," Terrill said before the onslaught of those two fires.
Disappointing financial news from a computer company also worried investors, as did an onslaught of selling in the stock-index futures markets late in the day.
Were Mr Piech to begin with an onslaught on costs, the slide in VW's share price which has seen it shed 43 per cent since May might yet be arrested.
Regrettably, shortly after it was established, the organization went through the onslaught of the Cold War.
But mutual fund companies, which were braced for an onslaught of buying and selling, were surprised by how quiet yesterday was.
There was a budworm onslaught from about 1910 to 1915, though it wasn't nearly as serious as the infestation in the 1970s.
The sources said the militants were mustering men and weapons for an all-out onslaught on Jaffna Fort, where the largest military garrison in the region is located.
He waited until September, consequently losing a chance to define himself before the Bush onslaught.
Have no doubt about it, this onslaught will come when the Taiwan stock market collapses and the proverbial man in the street will have lost his entire savings and gone angrily into debt.
Both also said they would be ready for an onslaught of strangers interested in their bonanza, but declined to discuss details of their plans.
Mr. Melamed suddenly envisioned a selling onslaught of the futures that could exhaust every bit of liquidity on the Merc floor.
The most noticeable victim of the "Batman" and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" onslaught was Columbia's "Ghostbusters II," with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, which fell sharply after its record opening.
It started sometime last week, America; the first few salvos of the television onslaught that has become a yuletide ritual: the annual "It's a Wonderful Life" marathon.
After that, it is down to the line controllers and station staff to prevent bunching. But more important in the context of the current dispute is the other prong of the Company Plan: the onslaught on labour costs.
But there is another side to the budget deficit controversy, and it is likely to emerge more forcefully over the next fe weeks in response to the onslaught from advocates of a tax increase.
Renovations under way at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas are expected to position the company for the onslaught of competition in the Nevada city starting in 1990.
There's nowhere near enough capacity in the system _ runways, airport space and air traffic control _ to handle the onslaught.
Twenty miles north (past the Maid Marian diner and a Robin Hood Express tour-bus company), the county park that encompasses what's left of Sherwood Forest, is gleefully girding for a similar onslaught.
With the Derby a little more than a week away, Mrs. Whitney and others are busy planning Derby Eve parties, buying fancy gowns and preparing for an onslaught of guests.

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