学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3534 assault

 今天我们要学的词是 assault.

 

assault 的意思是攻击，突击。 

 

Turkey and Russia exchanged warnings recently after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to carry out an operation in Syria to end the regime's brutal¹ air assault on the last rebel stronghold. 土耳其和俄罗斯最近互放厥词，之前土耳其总统埃尔多安威胁要在叙利亚展开一场行动，结束叙政权对最后一个反叛武装据点的惨无人道的空袭。

 

1 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。