assault
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.
例文
3 / 5He 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.
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.
That neon yellow shirt is really assaulting my eyes right now!
That bright shirt is very unpleasant and overwhelming to look at.
語族
覚え方のコツ
Think of 'A-Salt'. If someone throws a bag of salt into your eyes, it is a painful physical assault.
クイックテスト
The defendant was found guilty of attempting to _______ a police officer during the protest.
正解！
正解は： assault
例文
He was charged with trying to assault a security guard outside the stadium.
everydayHe was accused of attempting to physically attack a guard outside the stadium.
The military forces were ordered to assault the enemy stronghold at daybreak.
formalThe troops were commanded to launch an attack on the fortified position at dawn.
That neon yellow shirt is really assaulting my eyes right now!
informalThat bright shirt is very unpleasant and overwhelming to look at.
The paper seeks to assault the prevailing theories of economic growth using new data sets.
academicThe article aims to strongly challenge and criticize existing economic theories with new data.
The company plans to assault the European market with a series of low-cost, high-quality products.
businessThe firm intends to aggressively enter and compete within the European market.
語族
よく使う組み合わせ
よく使うフレーズ
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
よく混同される語
An insult is a verbal offense to someone's feelings, while an assault is a violent physical or intense metaphorical attack.
In many legal systems, assault is the threat of violence, whereas battery is the actual physical contact.
使い方のコツ
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.
よくある間違い
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').
覚え方のコツ
Think of 'A-Salt'. If someone throws a bag of salt into your eyes, it is a painful physical assault.
語源
Derived from the Old French word 'assault', which comes from the Latin 'adsaltus', meaning 'to leap upon'.
文法パターン
文化的な背景
In Western legal systems, assault is a serious criminal offense, and the term is frequently used in news reporting regarding crime and military operations.
クイックテスト
The defendant was found guilty of attempting to _______ a police officer during the protest.
正解！
正解は： assault
関連語彙
関連単語
to
A1Used to indicate the place, person, or thing that someone or something moves toward. It can also mark the recipient of an action or the limit of a range.
and
A1A primary conjunction used to connect words, phrases, or clauses that are grammatically equal. It indicates addition, a sequence of events, or a relationship between two things.
a
A1A word used before a singular noun that is not specific or is being mentioned for the first time. It is used only before words that begin with a consonant sound to indicate one of something.
that
A1This word is a demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a specific person, object, or idea that is further away in space or time from the speaker. It is also used to refer back to something that has already been mentioned or to introduce a clause that identifies something.
I
A1The pronoun 'I' is used by a speaker or writer to refer to themselves as the subject of a verb. It is the first-person singular subject pronoun in English and is always capitalized regardless of its position in a sentence.
for
A1Used to show who is intended to have or use something, or to explain the purpose or reason for an action. It is also frequently used to indicate a specific duration of time.
not
A1A function word used to express negation or denial. It is primarily used to make a sentence or phrase negative, often following an auxiliary verb or the verb 'to be'.
with
A1A preposition used to indicate that people or things are together, in the same place, or performing an action together. It can also describe the instrument used to perform an action or a characteristic that someone or something has.
he
A1A pronoun used to refer to a male person or animal that has already been mentioned or is easily identified. It functions as the subject of a sentence.
you
A1Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
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