a strong or violent attack 攻击;猛攻 His approach was met with a vicious onslaught. 他的方法遭到了严厉的批评。 - onslaught against/on somebody/something
the enemy onslaught on our military forces 敌军对我军的进攻 - onslaught of something/somebody
an onslaught of abuse 一阵谩骂 - (figurative)
The town survives the onslaught of tourists every summer. 每年夏天,这座小城都要熬过一段旅游者蜂拥而至的苦日子。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2She could not withstand such a sudden onslaught. 她承受不了如此突然的攻击。 She unleashed a verbal onslaught on her critics. 她发布了一系列言论攻击批评她的人。 the latest onslaught from the Russian team 俄罗斯队发起的最后一次进攻 the relentless onslaught of modernism 现代主义的持续盛行
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sudden
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- face
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- onslaught against
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Word Originearly 17th cent. (also in the form anslaight): from Middle Dutch aenslag, from aen ‘on’ + slag ‘blow’. The change in the ending was due to association with (now obsolete) slaught ‘slaughter’.