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英语单词 siege
英美音标 英 [siːdʒ] 美 [siːdʒ]
中文释义 n.包围;围攻
英语例句 (1) The town was forced to yield after a long siege.
(2) He was smitten with Mary's attractions and laid siege to her heart.
(3) The citizens sallied out in an attempt to break the siege.
(4) He captained the siege of Berlin.
中文例句 (1) 该城受长期围困而被迫弃守。
(2) 他被玛丽的魅力迷惑,对她苦缠不休。
(3) 市民们进行突击,试图冲破包围。
(4) 他指挥了围攻柏林的战役。
vocabulary简明 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.
vocabulary扩展 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.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
state of siege
(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。

2
[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.
  [V inflects]
  • 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。

3
[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.
  [v-link PHR]
  • 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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