[font color="#FF4500"]beset[/font]
[font color="#FF4500"]v.困扰；烦扰；使苦恼[/font]
音标：/bɪ'set/
英文释义：
If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
例句：
①In the swamp the army was beset by mosquitoes.
在沼泽地, 该军受到蚊子的困扰。
②The plan was beset with difficulties from the beginning.
这项计划自开始就困难重重。
③That country is beset with difficulties at home and abroad.
那个国家目前内外交困。
拓展：
bug作为动词也可以表示“使烦恼；使厌烦 ”【If someone or something bugs you, they worry or annoy you.】
美剧《难以置信》也出现了这个表达：
But I don't know, it bugs me.
[font color="#FF4500"]patch up[/font]
[font color="#FF4500"]平息（争吵）；修补（关系）[/font]
英英释义：
If you patch up a quarrel or relationship, you try to be friendly again and not to quarrel any more.
例句：
①France patched things up with New Zealand.
法国和新西兰重修旧好。
②They managed to patch it up .
他们终于和好了。
《经济学人》一篇关于韩国噪声的文章 Hell is other people 也出现了这个表达：
