简单释义：

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n. 攻击；袭击；突击；侵犯他人身体（罪）

v. 袭击；使（感官）难受

网络 殴打；突袭；猛袭

变形：

复数：assaults  过去分词：assaulted  现在分词：assaulting  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.攻击,进攻
2.(动手或动口的)攻击
3.行凶;袭击罪
4.暴行
5.〔委婉语〕强奸
6.【军事】猛袭,袭击,突击
7.【法律】威胁;殴打

v.

1.攻击,袭击
2.猛烈抨击,向…进攻,袭击
3.突击
4.殴打;威胁
5.〔古语〕非议
6.伤害
7.冲进

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例句：

1. Meanwhile, the German plans for a direct assault on Norway and a lightning occupation of Denmark also were advancing.
   与此同时，德国企图直接进攻挪威并且以闪电战方式占领丹麦的计划也正在进行之中。

2. The Israeli military has denied using white phosphorus during the assault on Gaza, but aid agencies say they have no doubt it has been used.
   以军已否认在对加沙的进攻中使用白磷，但是一些援助机构声称，他们确信白磷已被用作武器。

3. Robert Gates the Secretary of Defense was one of the most outspoken opponents of a helicopter assault.
   国防部长RobertGates是用直升机袭击的最坦率反对意见之一。

4. He said the decision to kill bin Laden was made on the ground, by members of the assault team.
   卡尼说，打死本•拉登的决定是突击队队员现场做出的。

5. There has never been a concerted and massive spiritual assault on Islam in its 1, 400-year history.
   在伊斯兰教1400年的历史上还从来没有过一个针对其宗教上的一致行动的大规模的进攻。

6. "I felt like a victim of assault, amid convulsions, as if I were inside a high-speed train, " she writes.
   “我感觉自己成了一个靶子，全身抽搐，就好像站在一辆高速列车上，”她写道。

7. The ship was designed to provide medical treatment for military personnel in the war zone, in particular in an amphibious assault operation.
   船被设计在战争区域中为军事人员提供治疗，尤其在水陆两栖攻击军事行动中。

8. For the majority of the assault troops, however, the war had not begun yet.
   然而，对大多数登陆部队而言，战斗尚未开始。