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besetting 音标拼音: [bɪs'ɛtɪŋ] a. 不断攻击的 不断攻击的 Besetting \ Be* set" ting\, a. Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or about; as, a besetting sin. [ 1913 Webster]
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. [ 1913 Webster] A robe of azure beset with drops of gold. -- Spectator. [ 1913 Webster] The garden is so beset with all manner of sweet shrubs that it perfumes the air. -- Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To hem in; to waylay; to surround; to besiege; to blockade. " Beset with foes." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Let thy troops beset our gates. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To occupy; to employ; to use up. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To surround; inclose; environ; hem in; besiege; encircle; encompass; embarrass; urge; press. [ 1913 Webster] 37 Moby Thesaurus words for " besetting": annoying, average, backbreaking, common, crushing, current, dominant, epidemic, grueling, heavy, hefty, irksome, normal, onerous, oppressive, ordinary, painful, pandemic, plaguey, popular, predominant, predominating, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, regnant, reigning, rife, routine, ruling, running, standard, stereotyped, troublesome, trying, usual, vexatious
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