beset
英 [bɪˈset]
美 [bɪˈset]
v. 困扰; 威胁
过去分词：beset 过去式：beset 第三人称单数：besets 现在分词：besetting
Collins.1 / BNC.11120 / COCA.13356
牛津词典
verb
- 困扰；威胁
to affect sb/sth in an unpleasant or harmful way- The team was beset by injury all season.
这个队整个赛季都因队员受伤而受困扰。 - 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最棘手的其中一个问题。
- The team was beset by injury all season.
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。