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beset
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
besets; beset; besetting
besets; beset; besetting
Learner's definition of BESET
[+ object]
: to cause problems or difficulties for (someone or something)困扰；使苦恼 — usually used as (be) beset通常用作(be) beset
- A lack of money is the greatest problem besetting the city today.资金匮乏是当前困扰这个城市的最大难题。
- He was beset by/with injuries this season. [=he suffered many injuries this season]他这个赛季受到了伤病的困扰。
- a city beset by/with economic problems陷入经济困境的城市
Synonyms
Example Sentences
A lack of money is the greatest problem besetting the city today. he's been beset by a lack of self-confidence virtually his entire life
Recent Examples on the Web Each has been beset by problems contributing to rising cotton prices. 
Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 The village has been beset by water supply problems, which officials attribute to old infrastructure that is in need of a major overhaul. Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 The high-speed rail program, which has begun construction in some parts of the state, has been beset by delays, criticism from communities and politicians and funding challenges. Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022 This means that the final two years of Biden’s presidency will be beset by baseless and intrusive investigations (if not impeachment on an endless scroll) and inertia. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 June 2022 Yet Rani — whose name means queen in Bengali — has emerged as a celebrity in her town in the Manikganj District, a region that over the years has been beset by floods and in 1989, a tornado that is thought to have killed 1,300. Washington Post, 11 July 2021 Roopali Desai, the Democrats' attorney, told Martin that the audit has been beset by issues from the start and the refusal to release information on who is doing the counting and how ballot secrecy is being protected is troubling. Bob Christie, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021 Superior Court judge Barbara Bellis, who has been beset by Jones’ delaying tactics over the suit’s four-year life, ordered all the lawyers associated with the Connecticut litigation to appear before her at 9 a.m. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022 Netflix is beset with its own struggles in producing troves of content while Wall Street had punished the technology sector at large this year. Hamza Shaban, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2022 See More
Tiffany Ap, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 The village has been beset by water supply problems, which officials attribute to old infrastructure that is in need of a major overhaul. Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 The high-speed rail program, which has begun construction in some parts of the state, has been beset by delays, criticism from communities and politicians and funding challenges. Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022 This means that the final two years of Biden’s presidency will be beset by baseless and intrusive investigations (if not impeachment on an endless scroll) and inertia. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 14 June 2022 Yet Rani — whose name means queen in Bengali — has emerged as a celebrity in her town in the Manikganj District, a region that over the years has been beset by floods and in 1989, a tornado that is thought to have killed 1,300. Washington Post, 11 July 2021 Roopali Desai, the Democrats' attorney, told Martin that the audit has been beset by issues from the start and the refusal to release information on who is doing the counting and how ballot secrecy is being protected is troubling. Bob Christie, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021 Superior Court judge Barbara Bellis, who has been beset by Jones’ delaying tactics over the suit’s four-year life, ordered all the lawyers associated with the Connecticut litigation to appear before her at 9 a.m. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2022 Netflix is beset with its own struggles in producing troves of content while Wall Street had punished the technology sector at large this year. Hamza Shaban, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English besetten, from Old English besettan, from be- + settan to set
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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