English Dictionary

embattled

IPA（発音記号）

/ɛmˈbæt.əld/

形容詞

Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy, or debates. / Prepared or armed for battle. / Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations.

日本語の意味

戦いや論争、議論などに巻き込まれた、または悩まされている状態 / 戦いに備えた、または武装された状態 / 城壁や砦などに見られる、櫓や矢狭間（せきばや矢狭間）が備え付けられた状態

The embattled mayor defended her record at the town hall meeting, despite mounting criticism.

論争に巻き込まれた市長は、市民集会で増す批判にもかかわらず自らの実績を擁護した。

意味（1）

Subject to or troubled by battles, controversy, or debates.

Now finding herself under rapid and accurate fire from the Alabama and Washington, Nagato is embattled, whilst Yamato has to switch to partially engage Iowa.

意味（2）

Prepared or armed for battle.

意味（3）

Of a wall, fortress, etc., having battlements or crenellations.

As Edwin Clark … wrote in 1850: … The lofty towers of the castle overhang the western approach to the Bridge, and the line passes into Conway through an opening pierced in the embattled wall, which entirely surrounds the town. These fortifications are in good preservation, and rank among the most perfect examples of the strongholds of the 13th century.

意味（4）

(heraldry) Drawn with a line of alternating square indentations and extensions.

more embattled （ comparative ）

most embattled （ superlative ）