beset

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be·set /bɪˈset/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp beset, present participle besetting) [transitiveT] formal

1 PROBLEMto make someone experience serious problems or dangers 困扰，使苦恼

5 the injuries which have beset the team all season

困扰球队整个赛季的伤病问题

be beset with/by something

The business has been beset with financial problems.

该企业为财务问题所困扰。

n Grammar

Beset is usually passive in this meaning.

2. besetting sin formal CHARACTER/PERSONALITYa particular bad feature or habit – often used humorously 坏习惯，恶习〔常为幽默用法〕

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beset• International matches in the more traditional cricket centres of Colombo and Kandy are beset by interruptions.• But this sector has been beset by problems, and the evidence suggests that they have yet to be properly ironed out.• The case has been beset by the kinds of official miscues typical in rape cases here.• Each one, depending on his circumstances at the moment, feels and names the fears that beset him.• Brookner probes with scrupulous attention, keen irony and a profound appreciation of the endless ambivalences that beset human relationships.• Behind it lay a tumultuous precedent-one of the most disastrous incidents to beset the face of the earth.• Quite apart from the class conflict endemic in capitalism, the economic system itself is beset with instabilities.

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