🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

攻击

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gōngjī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Attack/əˈtæk/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"城市在战争中遭到攻击。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An aggressive and violent action against a person or place.

    "The city was under attack during the war."
As verb
  1. 1

    To take aggressive action against someone or something.

    "The soldiers were ordered to attack at dawn."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'attack' originates from the Middle French 'attaquer', which itself comes from the Latin 'attaccare', meaning 'to touch' or 'to reach'. Over time, the meaning evolved to signify a more aggressive action, particularly in military contexts.

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