1.embattled a. （军队、城市等）卷入战争的；被敌人包围的；处境艰难的

例句：Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
双方都表示想努力为处于战乱中的该岛北部和东部地区寻求政治解决方案t3#zKmR*9)jJOcN]0HI_。

2.fall through 失败；破产

例句：They wanted to turn the estate into a private golf course and offered £ 20 million, but the deal fell through.
他们出价两千万英镑，想把这块地变成高尔夫球场，但交易泡汤了Y2E)Ft!pY#^8R3U7bN_。