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Sexual assault

發佈時間: 2017/10/23

Sexual assault

荷里活女星對製作人韋恩斯坦的性侵(sexual assault)控訴持續不斷,雖然不堪回憶,她們卻勇敢站出來揭露其惡行。

Assault可以用作名詞和動詞。用作名詞時,可以解「襲擊」,是暴力的身體攻擊。Sexual assault指「性侵」。想說明是對誰人襲擊,要後接介詞(preposition)on。例句:Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault on Hollywood actresses is appalling.(韋恩斯坦對荷里活女星的性侵令人震驚。)The law forbids any form of assault on a police officer.(法律禁止對警察進行任何形式的襲擊。)

Assault是及物動詞(transitive verb),可以直接用賓語(object),不需要介詞。例句:He is accused of assaulting an old woman.(他被指控襲擊一名老婦。)Three men assaulted him after he left the office.(他離開辦公室後,三名男子襲擊他。)

Assault用作名詞時,還可以解「攻堅、硬仗」,堅決嘗試做某困難的事情。例如,Two brave mountaineers made an assault on the Everest's peak but failed to return.(兩名勇敢的登山者攀登珠穆朗瑪峰,但未能回來。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

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