besieged
past simple and past participle ofbesiege
| 单词 | besieged |
| 释义 | besieged past simple and past participle ofbesiege besiege verb[Toften passive] uk/bɪˈsiːdʒ/us/bɪˈsiːdʒ/tosurroundaplace,especiallywith anarmy, topreventpeopleorsuppliesgetting in or out: Thetownhad been besieged for twomonthsbut stillresistedtheaggressors. When someone is besieged, a lot ofpeoplesurroundthem: When thepopstartriedtoleaveherhotel, she was besiegedbywaitingjournalistsandfans. to make manyrequestsorcomplaintsabout something: Aftershowingthecontroversialdocumentary, thechannelwas besieged withphonecallsfromangryviewers. Attacking & invading
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Enclosing, surrounding and immersing Making appeals & requests Complaining Examplesofbesiegedbesieged In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In concert, theybesiegedthe municipal offices to demand reimbursement in cash and threatened to withdraw their labour if this was not conceded. From theCambridge English Corpus It begins with a defense of the very enterprise of economic methodology, which isbesiegedon two different fronts. From theCambridge English Corpus Everybody asked to go to the city, so that the centre of the dominant bureaucracy and aristocracy could bebesieged. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, in competitive races, candidates may bebesiegedby larger numbers of interested and engaged activists. From theCambridge English Corpus As the noon prayer concluded, he wasbesiegedby a swarm of "the poor, beggars, and women" who were hoping for alms. From theCambridge English Corpus Bureaucrats find themselvesbesiegedwith requests they no longer have either the official authority or the personal financial means to fulfil. From theCambridge English Corpus And for learners, who sometimes must feelbesiegedby their mistakes and failings, this is no small thing. From theCambridge English Corpus Whenbesieged, they put military survival ahead of civilian protection. From theCambridge English Corpus Consider a societybesiegedby rising crime rates. From theCambridge English Corpus The anniversary sermon extolled her virtues, poverty and constant battle against the devil and moved churchgoers to tears, many of whombesiegedthe nuns for her relics. From theCambridge English Corpus They are the last of thebesieged. From theCambridge English Corpus Perhaps it is because of its implication in thebesieged, but still hegemonic construction of gender that the fantasies surrounding concealment become so extreme, and so inclusive. From theCambridge English Corpus There are few practices that can rival the genetic engineering of animals as both a symbol of naturebesiegedand as a catalyst for the mobilization of animal rights protest. From theCambridge English Corpus Howrah bridge was blocked and the stationbesiegedby continuous crowd. From theCambridge English Corpus Besiegedcivilian women consign all evidence of their private selves to the flames in order to inhabit a persona of normative femininity : apolitical, passive, and traditionally literate. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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