beset
v.
Old English besettan "to put, place; own, keep; occupy, settle; cover, surround with, besiege," from Proto-Germanic *bisatjan (cognates: Old Saxon bisettjan, Dutch bezetten, Old High German bisezzan, German besetzen, Gothic bisatjan); see be- + set, v.. The figurative sense also was in Old English. Related: Beset (past tense); besetting.
〔李〕[be-=around 四周；set v.设置⇒“set around 设置于四周”→] vt. attack from all sides 困扰，围攻