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词汇 siege
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siege

noun
/siːdʒ/
/siːdʒ/
Idioms
  1. a 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。
    • The royal forces marched south to lift the siege of Donnington Castle.皇家部队向南挺进以解唐宁顿城堡之围。
    • This fortress could withstand a siege for years if necessary.在不得已的时候,这座堡垒能抵挡住多年的围攻。
    • The siege lasted two years.这次围攻持续了两年。
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lengthy
    • long
    • prolonged
    verb + siege
    • lay
    • break
    • end
    siege + verb
    • last
    • begin
    • end
    siege + noun
    • warfare
    • engine
    • tower
    preposition
    • at a/​the siege
    • during a/​the siege
    • under siege
    phrases
    • a state of siege
  2. a 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
    • The siege was finally brought to an end when the terrorists surrendered.当恐怖分子投降时,包围终于结束了。
    see also besiege
    • The seven-hour armed siege at the school ended peacefully.对这所学校长达 7 小时的武装封锁以和平方式结束。
    • The terrorists were shot dead during the siege of the embassy.在围攻大使馆的过程中恐怖分子被击毙。
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lengthy
    • long
    • prolonged
    verb + siege
    • lay
    • break
    • end
    siege + verb
    • last
    • begin
    • end
    siege + noun
    • warfare
    • engine
    • tower
    preposition
    • at a/​the siege
    • during a/​the siege
    • under siege
    phrases
    • a state of siege
  3. 词源Middle English: from Old French sege, from asegier ‘besiege’.
Idioms
lay siege to something
  1. to begin a siege of a town, building, etc.围困,围攻(城镇、建筑物等)
    • The crusaders laid siege to Lisbon.十字军围攻里斯本。
    • The English forces laid siege to the city of Tournai.英国军队包围了图尔奈城。
  2. to 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)
    • Crowds of journalists laid siege to the star’s apartment.成群的记者包围了明星的公寓。
under siege
  1. surrounded by an army or the police in a siege被包围;被围困;被封锁
    • The city was under siege for six months.这座城市被围困了六个月。
    • At the very end of the war, Prague again came under siege.战争就快结束时,布拉格再次处于包围之中。
  2. being criticized all the time or put under pressure by problems, questions, etc.一再遭到批评的;受…困扰的
    • The government is already under siege for its economic policy.政府已经因其经济政策而受到围攻。
    • Under military and economic siege, entire economic sectors have collapsed.在军事和经济封锁下,整个经济已经崩溃。
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