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Siege Front Armed Force Surrounded Spam Besieged Bad

Front siege
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.

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