Front | siege |
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Pron | [siːdʒ] |
Back | 【SIEGE】 The country was in a state of siege, and tanks were lined up in front of the Presidential palace. 那个国家正遭到围攻,而坦克都排列在总统府前面。 【重点词汇】 siege n. 围攻 同: besiegement in front of: 在...前面 |
Vocab | siegethe action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Your city is under siege if it is surrounded on all sides by an opposing force on attack. Think of a castle surrounded by a legion of armed knights. Like many military words, siege can be used metaphorically. If you start getting thousands of e-mail messages trying to sell you canned meat, you might feel like you're under a siege of spam selling spam. In this case, you have been besieged by spam. And even more unfortunately, if you are having a siege of bad luck, you have been besieged by bad luck. All forms of 'siege' will appear on average once every 305 pages. siege |
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