Besetting
a. 不断侵袭的
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
besetting
adj [attrib 作定语]
habitually affecting or troubling sb 经常影响著或困扰著某人的
a besetting difficulty/fear/sin 重重的困难[经常性的恐惧/易犯的罪恶].
🗣️ 情景例句
I heard through the grapevine that the minister is going to resign.
我听到小道消息，首相将辞职。
That's a selfish point of view.
那是个自私的观点。
Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest.
为什么进步这个概念在现代世界显得如此突出？无疑是因为有一种特殊的进步实际上正在我们周围发生，而且变得越来越明显。