| 单词 | siege |
| 释义 | Related topics: Militarysiege /siːdʒ/ ●●○ noun [countable, uncountable] 1 PMa situation in which an army or the police surround a place and try to gain control of it or force someone to come out of it 〔军队或警方对地方的〕围困，封锁，包围 The siege lasted almost four months. 这次封锁历时近四个月。 a three-day police siege at a remote country cottage 警方对一座偏僻村舍历时三天的包围siege of the siege of Leningrad 列宁格勒之围end/lift/raise a siege (=end a siege) 解除包围2 lay siege to somebody/something a) if the army or police lay siege to a place, they start a siege against it 对某地实施包围 In June 1176, King Richard laid siege to Limoges. 1176年6月，理查王对利摩日实施包围。 b) if you lay siege to someone, you do everything you can to try and get them to talk to you 〔为使某人和你说话而〕向某人展开攻势 Then he set to work laying siege to her with letters. 接着他开始给她写信，向她展开攻势。3 be under siege a) PMto be surrounded by an army in a siege 被（军队）包围 b) BUSY PLACEto be being criticized, attacked, or threatened all the time 不断受到批评[攻击，威胁等]，受到围攻 The TV station has been under siege from irate viewers phoning in to complain. 电视台受到愤怒观众的围攻，他们不断打电话来投诉。4. siege mentality WORRIEDthe feeling among a group of people that they are surrounded by enemies and must do everything they can to protect themselves 受围心态〔一群人感觉被敌人围困因而必须想方设法自卫的心理〕Examples from the Corpussiege• In the past, many companies have elected to settle rather than to endure such a siege.• The Cavaliers occupied Burghley House, but they were heavily outnumbered, and Cromwell forced them to surrender after a bitter siege.• The bloody siege of the ranch complex in Waco has already left at least six police and cult members dead.• Rebel troops end siege of Manila area.• The book is not an exhaustive account of all the sieges of the war.• Here the Navy is under siege for all kinds of moral and ethical improprieties.siege of• the 900-day-long Nazi siege of LeningradOrigin siege (1100-1200) Old French sege “seat, siege”, from Vulgar Latin sedicum, from Latin sedere “to sit”siege nounChinese a situation Corpus an police a the or army surround which in |
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