be beset by

基本解释

Yet until quite recently the notion that Germany would be beset by the global downturn seemed unthinkable.
然而在前些日子，认为德国会受到全球萧条影响的想法仍被认为是不可思议的。
He may be beset by ethical problems, whether over campaign finance or Whitewater indictments, even conceivably of his wife.
他可能为道德问题所困扰，无论竞选捐款丑闻还是白水门事件，甚至他妻子的信誉。
Starting as a green hand, he often had trouble falling asleep and would be beset by nightmares of the dead people he'd helped shepherd to their final resting place.
作为一个新手，他时常夜不能寐，还常常做噩梦，梦到自己曾经主持下葬过的逝者们。

"What I'm really hoping to hear from you is several concrete steps that you're going to take moving forward that will be able to re-ignite my generation, re-ignite the youth who are beset by student loans.

But even this painful escape route out of the fiscal and economic mess will be beset by traps and ambushes.
ECONOMIST: The economy after the election
Mr. WITTE: If the Katrina recovery does not work out well, if it continues to flail, if it continues to be beset by the same kind of problems that you saw with the initial response, I think that you are going to be seeing a lot of people wondering was it a good decision to outsource so much of what government does, to contract that out?
NPR: Post-Katrina Contractors in the Gulf Region
In fraught political circumstances, like those that beset Israel, the quality of leadership can be tested by national catastrophe.
ECONOMIST: Israel's new government