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the crime of attacking somebody physically 侵犯他人身体（罪）；侵犯人身罪 Both men were charged with assault. 两人均被控侵犯他人身体罪。 sexual assaults 性侵犯（指强奸、猥亵） - assault on/upon somebody
A significant number of indecent assaults on women go unreported. 大量的猥亵妇女罪没有被举报。
Collocations Crimesee also indecent assaultCrime 犯罪 Committing a crime 犯罪 - commit a crime/a murder/a violent assault/a brutal killing/an armed robbery/fraud
犯罪／谋杀罪／暴力侵犯他人身体罪／残杀罪／持械抢劫罪／诈骗罪 - be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking
参与恐怖主义活动；涉嫌纵火袭击；参与人口走私／人口贩卖 - engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism
参与犯罪活动／非法活动／愚昧的故意毁坏他人财产的行为 - steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
偷某人的钱包／手机 - rob a bank/a person/a tourist
抢劫银行／他人／游客 - break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment
入室盗窃 - hijack a plane/ship/bus
劫持飞机／轮船／公共汽车 - smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants
走私毒品／武器／军火；偷运移民 - launder drug money (through something)
（通过…）洗毒资 - forge documents/certificates/passports
伪造文件／证件／护照 - take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe
索取／收受贿赂；向（某人）行贿 - run a phishing/an email/an internet scam
进行网络钓鱼／电子邮件／互联网诈骗
Fighting crime 打击犯罪 - combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking
打击犯罪／恐怖主义／腐败／贩毒 - prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy
防止／阻止信用卡诈骗／虐待儿童／软件盗版 - deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals
威慑／阻止犯罪分子／入室盗窃者／小偷／商店扒手／故意破坏公物者 - reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
减少／处理／严厉打击持刀／持枪／暴力／街头犯罪／反社会行为 - foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot
挫败一起银行抢劫案／一次恐怖分子的阴谋 - help/support/protect the victims of crime
帮助／支持／保护犯罪活动的受害者
Investigating crime 调查犯罪活动 - report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
向警方举报不法行为／偷窃案／强奸案／袭击事件／暴力事件 - witness the crime/attack/murder/incident
目击犯罪／袭击／谋杀／暴力事件 - investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident
调查谋杀案／蓄意杀人案／入室盗窃案／抢劫案／涉嫌的暴力事件 - conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry
进行／开始／继续（对…的）调查／警方调查／谋杀案调查 - investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case
调查／重新审理犯罪／谋杀案件 - examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime
仔细检查／调查／查找犯罪现场的指纹 - collect/gather forensic evidence
收集法医证据 - uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons
发现新证据／诈骗／欺诈／密谋／阴谋／政治腐败／私藏武器 - describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker
描述／指认嫌疑犯／罪犯／作恶者／攻击者／袭击者 - question/interrogate a suspect/witness
询问嫌疑人／目击证人 - solve/crack the case
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Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1Better street lighting has helped reduce the number of assaults against women. 街灯照明的改善减少了女性遭袭击的数量。 He reported the assault to the police. 他向警方举报了被人殴打一事。 allegations of police assault on the boy 对警方袭击这个男孩的指控 assaults committed by teenagers 十几岁少年犯下的殴打他人罪
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brutal
- ferocious
- savage
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- series
- wave
- carry out
- commit
- be the victim of
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- happen
- occur
- take place
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- assault against
- assault on
- assault upon
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- allegations of assault
- assault and battery
- [countable] assault (on/upon/against somebody/something)
(by an army, etc. 军队等 the act of attacking a building, an area, etc. in order to take control of it 攻击；突击；袭击 Extra Examplesair assaults by fighter planes 战斗机进行的空袭 a series of assaults on enemy targets 对敌军目标的一连串袭击 The garrison was built to withstand assaults. 建起要塞是为抵御攻击。 The factory came under assault from soldiers in the mountains. 工厂遭到山里士兵的袭击。 After an all-out assault the village was captured by the enemy. 发起全面进攻后，整个村庄被敌人占领了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-out
- direct
- frontal
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- series
- begin
- carry out
- conduct
- …
- course
- operation
- gun
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- under assault
- assault on
- [countable] assault (on/upon something)
the act of trying to achieve something that is difficult or dangerous （向困难或危险事物发起的）冲击 The government has mounted a new assault on unemployment. 政府向失业发起新的攻势。 a two-year legal assault on alleged tax fraud 对涉嫌税收诈骗的行为长达两年的法律抨击 Three people died during an assault on the mountain (= while trying to climb it). 登山过程中有三人死亡。
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an act of criticizing somebody/something severely 抨击 The suggested closures came under assault from all parties. 关闭机构的建议受到各方严厉批评。 - assault on/upon/against somebody/something
The paper's assault on the president was totally unjustified. 这份报纸对总统的攻击纯属无稽之谈。
Extra ExamplesShe used the article to make a sustained assault on her former political allies. 她利用这篇文章继续抨击以前的政治同盟。 He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism. 他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-out
- direct
- frontal
- …
- series
- begin
- carry out
- conduct
- …
- course
- operation
- gun
- …
- under assault
- assault on
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law 法律 an act that threatens to harm somebody physically, whether or not actual harm is done 威胁要对某人造成身体伤害的行为，无论是否造成了实际伤害
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French asaut (noun), assauter (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap’. Compare with assail.