“伏击”常见的英文表达是 ambush,它既可以作名词,也可以作动词。
意为“伏击;埋伏;袭击”,例如:
The soldiers fell into an ambush.(士兵们陷入了伏击。)
They were caught in an ambush.(他们遭到了伏击。)
意为“伏击;埋伏袭击”,例如:
The rebels ambushed the convoy.(叛乱分子伏击了运输队。)
The enemy troops ambushed our patrol.(敌军伏击了我们的巡逻队。)