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the crime of attacking somebody physically 侵犯他人身體（罪）；侵犯人身罪 Both men were charged with assault. 兩人均被控侵犯他人身體罪。 sexual assaults 性侵犯（指強奸、猥亵） - assault on/upon somebody
A significant number of indecent assaults on women go unreported. 大量的猥亵婦女罪沒有被舉報。
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／謀殺罪／暴力侵犯他人身體罪／殘殺罪／持械搶劫罪／詐騙罪 - be involved in terrorism/a suspected arson attack/people smuggling/human trafficking
參與恐怖主義活動；涉嫌縱火襲擊；參與人口走私／人口販賣 - engage/participate in criminal activity/illegal practices/acts of mindless vandalism
參與犯罪活動／非法活動／愚昧的故意毀壞他人財産的行爲 - steal somebody’s wallet/purse/(British English) mobile phone/(North American English) cell phone
偷某人的錢包／手機 - rob a bank/a person/a tourist
搶劫銀行／他人／遊客 - break into/ (British English) burgle/ (North American English) burglarize a house/a home/an apartment
入室盜竊 - hijack a plane/ship/bus
劫持飛機／輪船／公共汽車 - smuggle drugs/weapons/arms/immigrants
走私毒品／武器／軍火；偷運移民 - launder drug money (through something)
（通過…）洗毒資 - forge documents/certificates/passports
僞造文件／證件／護照 - take/accept/pay somebody/offer (somebody) a bribe
索取／收受賄賂；向（某人）行賄 - run a phishing/an email/an internet scam
進行網絡釣魚／電子郵件／互聯網詐騙
Fighting crime 打擊犯罪 - combat/fight crime/terrorism/corruption/drug trafficking
打擊犯罪／恐怖主義／腐敗／販毒 - prevent/stop credit-card fraud/child abuse/software piracy
防止／阻止信用卡詐騙／虐待兒童／軟件盜版 - deter/stop criminals/burglars/thieves/shoplifters/vandals
威懾／阻止犯罪分子／入室盜竊者／小偷／商店扒手／故意破壞公物者 - reduce/tackle/crack down on knife/gun/violent/street crime; (especially British English) antisocial behaviour
減少／處理／嚴厲打擊持刀／持槍／暴力／街頭犯罪／反社會行爲 - foil a bank raid/a terrorist plot
挫敗一起銀行搶劫案／一次恐怖分子的陰謀 - help/support/protect the victims of crime
幫助／支持／保護犯罪活動的受害者
Investigating crime 調查犯罪活動 - report a crime/a theft/a rape/an attack/(especially British English) an incident to the police
向警方舉報不法行爲／偷竊案／強奸案／襲擊事件／暴力事件 - witness the crime/attack/murder/incident
目擊犯罪／襲擊／謀殺／暴力事件 - investigate a murder/(especially North American English) a homicide/a burglary/a robbery/the alleged incident
調查謀殺案／蓄意殺人案／入室盜竊案／搶劫案／涉嫌的暴力事件 - conduct/launch/pursue an investigation (into…); (especially British English) a police/murder inquiry
進行／開始／繼續（對…的）調查／警方調查／謀殺案調查 - investigate/reopen a criminal/murder case
調查／重新審理犯罪／謀殺案件 - examine/investigate/find fingerprints at the crime scene/the scene of crime
仔細檢查／調查／查找犯罪現場的指紋 - collect/gather forensic evidence
收集法醫證據 - uncover new evidence/a fraud/a scam/a plot/a conspiracy/political corruption/a cache of weapons
發現新證據／詐騙／欺詐／密謀／陰謀／政治腐敗／私藏武器 - describe/identify a suspect/the culprit/the perpetrator/the assailant/the attacker
描述／指認嫌疑犯／罪犯／作惡者／攻擊者／襲擊者 - question/interrogate a suspect/witness
詢問嫌疑人／目擊證人 - solve/crack the case
破案
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1Better street lighting has helped reduce the number of assaults against women. 街燈照明的改善減少了女性遭襲擊的數量。 He reported the assault to the police. 他向警方舉報了被人毆打一事。 allegations of police assault on the boy 對警方襲擊這個男孩的指控 assaults committed by teenagers 十幾歲少年犯下的毆打他人罪
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. 軍隊等 the act of attacking a building, an area, etc. in order to take control of it 攻擊；突擊；襲擊 Extra Examplesair assaults by fighter planes 戰鬥機進行的空襲 a series of assaults on enemy targets 對敵軍目標的一連串襲擊 The garrison was built to withstand assaults. 建起要塞是爲抵禦攻擊。 The factory came under assault from soldiers in the mountains. 工廠遭到山裏士兵的襲擊。 After an all-out assault the village was captured by the enemy. 發起全面進攻後，整個村莊被敵人佔領了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-out
- direct
- frontal
- …
- series
- begin
- carry out
- conduct
- …
- course
- operation
- gun
- …
- under assault
- assault on
- [countable] assault (on/upon something)
the act of trying to achieve something that is difficult or dangerous （向困難或危險事物發起的）沖擊 The government has mounted a new assault on unemployment. 政府向失業發起新的攻勢。 a two-year legal assault on alleged tax fraud 對涉嫌稅收詐騙的行爲長達兩年的法律抨擊 Three people died during an assault on the mountain (= while trying to climb it). 登山過程中有三人死亡。
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an act of criticizing somebody/something severely 抨擊 The suggested closures came under assault from all parties. 關閉機構的建議受到各方嚴厲批評。 - assault on/upon/against somebody/something
The paper's assault on the president was totally unjustified. 這份報紙對總統的攻擊純屬無稽之談。
Extra ExamplesShe used the article to make a sustained assault on her former political allies. 她利用這篇文章繼續抨擊以前的政治同盟。 He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism. 他口頭對小報新聞進行了抨擊。
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 威脅要對某人造成身體傷害的行爲，無論是否造成了實際傷害
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French asaut (noun), assauter (verb), based on Latin ad- ‘to’ + saltare, frequentative of salire ‘to leap’. Compare with assail.