英语单词 | beleaguer |
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英美音标 | [bi'li:gə(r)] |
中文释义 | vt.围,围攻 |
vocabulary简明 | Beleaguer means to pester or badger with persistence. A babysitter might find annoying the children who beleaguer her with requests for candy, cookies, games, and piggyback rides all at the same time. |
vocabulary扩展 | Beleaguer originally meant to lay siege to, and originates from a 16th century Dutch term which meant to camp all around. It was not until later that beleaguer came to mean harass or bother in a determined way. Remember that there is a league in the middle of be-league-r and the spelling will be easy. |
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