今天我们要学的词是 beset.

beset 的意思是被困难包围，困扰。 The victory of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's party in the parliamentary election gave the president a mandate to carry out sweeping changes in a country beset by conflict and high-level corruption. 乌克兰总统泽伦斯基领导的政党在议会选举中赢得胜利，让他得以在这个被冲突和高层腐败所困扰的国家进行全面改革。

Hundreds of teaching positions went unfilled in Virginia at the beginning of last school year, reflecting a teacher staffing crisis that has beset classrooms nation wide. 美国弗吉尼亚州上个学年初有数百个教师职务空缺，反映出困扰着全美各地学校教职人员短缺的危机。