Word · Frequency #8918
barraging
以密集火力攻击；向…连珠炮似地提问
barraging is the present participle of barrage.
To direct a barrage at someone or something.
- 1.
To direct a barrage at.
对...进行密集攻击
对...进行密集攻击；以密集炮火进攻
In use
The reporters barraged the politician with questions about the scandal.
Critics have been barraging the new policy with harsh reviews.
During the Q&A session, the audience barraged the speaker with difficult questions.
Verb forms
base barrage · third person barrages · -ing barraging · past barraged · past participle barraged
规则变化动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- barrage someone with questions
- 连珠炮似地向某人提问
- Reporters barraged the mayor with questions as he left the building.市长离开大楼时，记者们连珠炮似地向他提问。
- barrage enemy positions
- 密集炮击敌方阵地
- The artillery barraged enemy positions before the infantry attacked.步兵进攻前，炮兵密集炮击了敌方阵地。
- barrage the goal
- 向球门发起猛攻
- The home team barraged the goal in the last ten minutes but could not score.主队在最后十分钟向球门发起猛攻，却未能进球。
Idioms & figurative uses
- barrage someone with questions
- 对某人连珠炮似的提问The journalists barraged the minister with questions about the budget.记者们就预算问题对部长连珠炮似的提问。
- be barraged with requests
- 接到应接不暇的请求After the video went viral, the artist was barraged with interview requests.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 bar（栅栏）+ rage（盛怒）：密集弹雨像栅栏一样压来，令人盛怒——连续轰击、连珠炮式提问。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：military contexts、figurative uses (e.g., repeated questions) 作动词时通常用于正式或书面语境，多指军事上的密集攻击，也常见于比喻义，如连续提问。
Grammar Note
常用于被动语态，如be barraged with
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words fully rhymes with 'barrage' /ˈbærɑːdʒ/. Garage, mirage, and massage share the /ɑːʒ/ ending, but 'barrage' uses the affricate /dʒ/, not the fricative /ʒ/. Village, courage, and voyage pronounce –age as /ɪdʒ/, a useful reminder that the spelling is not a reliable guide.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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