| 词汇 | go on the offensive |
| 释义 | go on the offensivego on the offensive (also take the offensive)ATTACK to start attacking or criticizing someone before they start attacking or criticizing you 率先攻击，先发制人 Republicans went on the offensive over soaring gasoline prices. 共和党在汽油价格暴涨的问题上采取了先发制人的态度。 The international coalition was ready to take the offensive. 国际联盟准备先发制人。 Examples from the Corpus go on the offensive• Hastily revising his plans for my career, he settled us into our Cape Cod retreat and went on the offensive.• But before Adamowski could get his campaign under way, Daley threw him off balance by going on the offensive.• When the Government hinted darkly about a privacy bill in the wake of the Mellor affair, MacKenzie went on the offensive.• Temperamentally unsuited for compromise, Tatum went on the offensive.• If she could find somewhere dry, she would be able to go on the offensive.• So she did not need to go on the offensive and was not required to fight. → go on the offensive at offensive2(1) |
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