C1 verb رسمی

assault

/əˈsɔːlt/

To make a sudden, violent physical attack on a person or place, or to criticize someone or something very strongly. In a legal context, it can refer to the act of causing someone to apprehend immediate violence.

مثال‌ها

3 از 5
1

He was charged with trying to assault a security guard outside the stadium.

He was accused of attempting to physically attack a guard outside the stadium.

2

The military forces were ordered to assault the enemy stronghold at daybreak.

The troops were commanded to launch an attack on the fortified position at dawn.

3

That neon yellow shirt is really assaulting my eyes right now!

That bright shirt is very unpleasant and overwhelming to look at.

خانواده کلمه

اسم
assault
Verb
assault
صفت
assaulting
مرتبط
assailant
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راهنمای حفظ

Think of 'A-Salt'. If someone throws a bag of salt into your eyes, it is a painful physical assault.

آزمون سریع

The defendant was found guilty of attempting to _______ a police officer during the protest.

درسته!

پاسخ صحیح این است: assault

مثال‌ها

1

He was charged with trying to assault a security guard outside the stadium.

everyday

He was accused of attempting to physically attack a guard outside the stadium.

2

The military forces were ordered to assault the enemy stronghold at daybreak.

formal

The troops were commanded to launch an attack on the fortified position at dawn.

3

That neon yellow shirt is really assaulting my eyes right now!

informal

That bright shirt is very unpleasant and overwhelming to look at.

4

The paper seeks to assault the prevailing theories of economic growth using new data sets.

academic

The article aims to strongly challenge and criticize existing economic theories with new data.

5

The company plans to assault the European market with a series of low-cost, high-quality products.

business

The firm intends to aggressively enter and compete within the European market.

خانواده کلمه

اسم
assault
Verb
assault
صفت
assaulting
مرتبط
assailant

ترکیب‌های رایج

brutally assault To attack someone in an extremely violent and cruel manner
verbally assault To attack someone using harsh, aggressive, or abusive language
physically assault To attack someone with physical force
assault the senses Something so intense it overwhelms sight, smell, or hearing
sexual assault Illegal physical contact of a sexual nature

عبارات رایج

assault and battery

A legal term for a physical attack involving both the threat and the act

assault on the senses

An experience that is overwhelming to one's perception

armed assault

An attack carried out with weapons

اغلب اشتباه گرفته می‌شود با

assault vs insult

An insult is a verbal offense to someone's feelings, while an assault is a violent physical or intense metaphorical attack.

assault vs battery

In many legal systems, assault is the threat of violence, whereas battery is the actual physical contact.

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نکات کاربردی

While primarily used for physical violence, it is common in metaphorical contexts, such as 'assaulting one's intelligence' or 'assaulting a market'. In legal English, its definition varies by jurisdiction, sometimes requiring only the threat of harm.

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اشتباهات رایج

Learners often forget that 'assault' is a transitive verb and does not usually require a preposition like 'on' when used as a verb (e.g., 'they assaulted the city' is correct, not 'they assaulted on the city').

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راهنمای حفظ

Think of 'A-Salt'. If someone throws a bag of salt into your eyes, it is a painful physical assault.

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ریشه کلمه

Derived from the Old French word 'assault', which comes from the Latin 'adsaltus', meaning 'to leap upon'.

الگوهای دستوری

Transitive verb: takes a direct object. Regular verb: -ed suffix for past tense and past participle. Can be used as both a noun and a verb with the same spelling.
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بافت فرهنگی

In Western legal systems, assault is a serious criminal offense, and the term is frequently used in news reporting regarding crime and military operations.

آزمون سریع

The defendant was found guilty of attempting to _______ a police officer during the protest.

درسته!

پاسخ صحیح این است: assault

لغات مرتبط

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C1

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C1

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C1

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C1

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C1

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C1

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C1

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C1

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C1

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devolile

C1

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