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单词 siege
释义
siege
noun[CorU]
uk
/siːdʒ/us
/siːdʒ/
thesurroundingof aplaceby anarmedforceinordertodefeatthosedefendingit:
围攻；包围
The siegeofMafekinglastedfor eightmonths.对马弗京的围攻持续了8个月。
Thesoldierslaidsiegeto(=starteda siege of)thecity.士兵们包围了这座城市。
Thecastlewasundersiege formonths.城堡被围困数月。
figurativeThatwholeweekendat Cannes, Brigitte Bardot wasundersiege byphotographers.在戛纳，布丽吉特‧芭铎整个周末都被摄影师们包围着。
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besiege
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Attacking & invading
  • aggressor
  • ambush
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  • beleaguered
  • besiege
  • blitz
  • blitzkrieg
  • false flag
  • foray
  • going-over
  • hard power
  • hit and run
  • incursion
  • kamikaze
  • post-conquest
  • privateer
  • raid
  • reconquer
  • reconquest
  • relieve
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
(Definition ofsiegefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

siege| American Dictionary

siege
noun[C/U]
us
/sidʒ/
theactofsurroundingaplaceby anarmedforceinordertodefeatthosedefendingit:
[C]After a month-long siege, they gave themselves up tofederalagents.
[U]Thetownwas under siege.
(Definition ofsiegefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsiege

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They see, in these miserable paupers in search of a refuge, their future inner enemies, the sign of asiegeto come.
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The concepts of ' island ' and 'siege' have implied isolation and conflict, rather than interaction with the communities that live in the surrounding areas.
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Most chroniclers say nothing of the number of officers involved in thesiege.
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Again, graphic descriptions of sieges and their attendant shortages complete the picture.
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We must also bear in mind that beyond the academy the integrity of scientific investigation has also been undersiege.
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The state ofsiegewas lifted and all the laws restored.
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The principle of respect for autonomy is increasingly undersiegeas a valuable component of healthcare ethics.
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To understand the reasons for this tendency, one must remember that the military establishment was undersiegein the early 1930s.
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Now, the enlightened public sphere itself was undersiege.
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A state ofsiegewas decreed in the states controlled by rebels, rapidly extended to the entire country.
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Naturally, the troops sent to impose the state ofsiegetook care of collecting fines.
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Such troops were of little use at sieges, however, and a number of examples demonstrate just how difficult it was to capture well-defended towns.
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Because of thissiegementality, harsh policies and even authoritarian rule were accepted as a necessary way of life.
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The price of the sugar is enormous and unusual, because of thesiege, but the motive is true to his normal character.
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Under conditions ofsiege, normal social life continues, though of course with a difference because of these conditions.
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Collocationswithsiege

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long siege
The railways board is ready for what it would term alongsiege.
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prolonged siege
Some of the complaints, in regard for example to food and clothing, related to deficiencies which were the result of the prolonged siege and were in process of being remedied.
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Hansard archive
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siege tower
They also brought asiegetowerto try to gain the higher ground.
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