;(军队或警察对某地的)围困,包围,围攻 A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place.
[also under N]
We must do everything possible to lift the siege...
我们必须尽一切可能解除包围。
They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion...
他们希望能和平结束这次围困。
The journalists found a city virtually under siege.
记者发现的是一个几乎被围困的城市。
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[PHRASE 短语](警察、士兵、新闻记者等)包围,围住 If police, soldiers, or journalists lay siege to a place, they surround it in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place.
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The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence...
叛乱者包围了总督府。
The press laid siege to the club.
记者围住了俱乐部。
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[PHRASE 短语]遭受严厉批评;承受巨大压力 If someone or something is under siege, they are being severely criticized or put under a great deal of pressure.
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The guy'll think he's under siege...
那家伙会认为他承受了巨大压力。
Radio One is under siege from all sides.
广播一台受到了来自各方的严厉批评。
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siege/siːdʒ; NAmEsiːdʒ/noun1a military operation in which an army tries to capture a town by surrounding it and stopping the supply of food, etc. to the people inside (军队对城镇的)围困,包围,围攻,封锁◆the siege of Troy特洛伊之围◆The siege was finally lifted (= ended)after six months. 六个月后封锁最终解除了。◆The police placed the city centre under a virtual state of siege(= it was hard to get in or out).警方可说是已封锁了市中心。2a situation in which the police surround a building where people are living or hiding, in order to make them come out (警察对建筑物的)包围,封锁☞see also
besiege
IDIOMSunder ˈsiege1surrounded by an army or the police in a siege被包围;被围困;被封锁2being criticized all the time or put under pressure by problems, questions, etc. 一再遭到批评的;受…困扰的lay ˈsiege to sth1to begin a siegeof a town, building, etc. 围困,围攻(城镇、建筑物等)2to surround a building, especially in order to speak to or question the person or people living or working there 包围(某建筑物,旨在和里面的人对话或质询)siegesiegessiege/siːdʒ; NAmEsiːdʒ/
1a situation in which an army or the police surround a place and try to gain control of it or force someone to come out of it: The siege lasted almost four months. a three-day police siege at a remote country cottagesiege of the siege of Leningradend/lift/raise a siege (=end a siege)2lay siege to somebody/somethinga)if the army or police lay siege to a place, they start a siege against it: In June 1176, King Richard laid siege to Limoges.b)if you lay siege to someone, you do everything you can to try and get them to talk to you: Then he set to work laying siege to her with letters.3be under siegea)to be surrounded by an army in a siegeb)to be being criticized, attacked, or threatened all the time: The TV station has been under siege from irate viewers phoning in to complain.4siege mentality the feeling among a group of people that they are surrounded by enemies and must do everything they can to protect themselves
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