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今天我们要学的词是assail¹。Assail动词，意思是 抨击、质问 。Women's health advocates have assailed² the plans put forward by congressional Republicans to replace the Affordable³ Care Act, saying they would cause harm to half the adult population. 女性健康的倡导者们抨击了由国会共和党人提出的替代《平价医疗法案》的方案，他们说这些方案会给一半成年人口造成伤害。In India, critics assailed a government proposal to build 100 waste-fueled power plants, saying the plan is against the nation's efforts to cut air pollution. 在印度，批评人士抨击了政府就建造100座垃圾焚烧发电厂的提议，称这个计划违背了印度减少空气污染的努力。好的，我们今天学习的词是assail, assail, assail...

1 assail   

v.猛烈攻击，抨击，痛斥

参考例句：

• The opposition's newspapers assail the government each day.反对党的报纸每天都对政府进行猛烈抨击。
• We should assist parents not assail them.因此我们应该帮助父母们，而不是指责他们。

2 assailed   

v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 )；困扰；质问；毅然应对

参考例句：

• He was assailed with fierce blows to the head. 他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
• He has been assailed by bad breaks all these years. 这些年来他接二连三地倒霉。 来自《用法词典》

3 affordable   

adj.支付得起的，不太昂贵的

参考例句：

• The rent for the four-roomed house is affordable.四居室房屋的房租付得起。
• There are few affordable apartments in big cities.在大城市中没有几所公寓是便宜的。