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lay/set an ambush for sb/sth
常用搭配，表示预先布置伏击。
The soldiers laid an ambush for the enemy convoy.
士兵们为敌军车队设下了埋伏。
伏击；埋伏
ambushes — plural of ambush
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伏击；埋伏
The act of hiding and waiting to attack or kill someone by surprise.
The soldiers laid an ambush for the enemy convoy.
士兵们为敌军车队设下了埋伏。
隐蔽自身并埋伏以待突袭或暗杀的行为。
The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack or kill by surprise.
隐藏自己并埋伏等待突然袭击的行为
the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
从隐蔽位置发起的攻击。
An attack launched from a concealed position.
发动突袭所依托的隐蔽位置或状态。
The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
The soldiers set up an ambush to catch the enemy by surprise.
士兵们设下埋伏以出其不意地抓住敌人。
The hikers were caught in an ambush while walking through the forest.
徒步旅行者在穿过森林时遭遇了伏击。
The police discovered an ambush planned by the criminals.
警方发现了罪犯策划的伏击。
常用搭配，表示预先布置伏击。
The soldiers laid an ambush for the enemy convoy.
士兵们为敌军车队设下了埋伏。
表示陷入埋伏。
The patrol was caught in an ambush in the mountain pass.
巡逻队在山口遭到了伏击。
用介词on引出伏击目标。
They carried out an ambush on the supply truck.
他们对补给卡车进行了伏击。
Not this
The soldiers laid ambush in the forest.
Use this
The soldiers laid an ambush in the forest.
ambush作为可数名词，需要冠词a/an或复数形式，'laid an ambush'是正确用法，缺少冠词是常见错误。
Not this
They waited in ambush to the enemy.
Use this
They waited in ambush for the enemy.
短语'in ambush'后面应接介词'for'表示伏击的对象，而'to'在此不表示目的，错误使用'to'是受中文'对…'的影响。
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设下埋伏
The soldiers laid an ambush for the enemy convoy.
士兵们为敌方车队设下了埋伏。
中了埋伏
The patrol walked into an ambush and had to retreat.
巡逻队中了埋伏，不得不撤退。
发动伏击
The guerrillas sprang an ambush on the approaching column.
游击队员对逼近的车队发动了伏击。
遭到伏击
The supply trucks were caught in an ambush at the pass.
补给卡车在山口遭到了伏击。
伏击位置
They took up an ambush position behind the rocks.
他们在岩石后面占据了伏击位置。
埋伏等待，伺机袭击
The soldiers lay in ambush in the tall grass, waiting for the enemy convoy.
士兵们埋伏在高高的草丛中，等待敌军车队经过。
发动伏击，突然袭击
The rebels sprang an ambush on the government patrol just before dawn.
叛军在黎明前对政府巡逻队发动了伏击。
设下埋伏，布置陷阱
The army laid an ambush for the approaching cavalry.
军队为逼近的骑兵设下了埋伏。
黑夜伏击，子弹穿透空气，可它们似乎打不中我，因为我早已不在那里。
From Bob Marley & The Wailers' 1979 song 'Ambush in the Night' (album Survival). The lyric turns a military ambush into a metaphor for political violence and survival against oppression.
出自鲍勃·马利与哭泣者乐队1979年的歌曲《Ambush in the Night》（专辑《Survival》）。这句歌词把军事伏击变成对政治压迫暴力中幸存下来的隐喻。
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Bush 是灌木丛，ambush 里有 bush——想象士兵躲在灌木丛里伏击敌人，记住 ambush 是“埋伏”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：军事行动、新闻报道、故事 指“伏击、埋伏”的行为或状态，通常用于军事、新闻报道或故事叙述等场景，整体比较中性，正式和日常表达中均可使用。
常与lay, set, spring等动词搭配表示设伏；也用于短语be ambushed等。
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