embattled

1. ADJ If you describe a person, group, or organization as embattled, you mean that they are having a lot of problems or difficulties. 問題纏身的; 處于困境的[usu ADJ n]

The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers. 這位焦頭爛額的總統(tǒng)還否認(rèn)了最近說他被自己的士兵扣留當(dāng)人質(zhì)的說法。

2. ADJ An embattled area is one that is involved in the fighting in a war, especially one that is surrounded by enemy forces. 卷入戰(zhàn)爭的; 四面楚歌的[ADJ n]

Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island. 雙方都表示想設(shè)法為處于戰(zhàn)亂中的島嶼北部和東部找到政治解決方案。