bombard(动词):连续、密集地攻击;(比喻)不停地向某人提出问题、信息或要求,使其应接不暇。(另有名词用法,较少见)
/ˈbɒm.bɑːd/
The city was bombarded during the night.
这座城市在夜间遭到猛烈轰炸。
After the announcement, the spokesperson was bombarded with questions from reporters, some of them highly critical.
公告发布后,发言人被记者的提问连番“轰炸”,其中一些相当尖锐。
来自法语 bombarder,与 bomb(炸弹)同源,最初指用炮火或炸弹进行猛烈攻击。后来引申出比喻义,指“用信息/问题等不断冲击某人”。