siege
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT 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. 包圍[also 'under' N]
We must do everything possible to lift the siege. 我們必須盡一切可能解除包圍。
2. PHRASE 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. 包圍
The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence. 叛亂者們包圍了那座縂督官邸。
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siege /si?d?/ (sieges)
劍橋詞典
- the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it
圍攻；包圍
The siege of Mafeking lasted for eight months . 對馬弗京的圍攻持續(xù)了8個(gè)月。
The soldiers laid siege to (= started a siege of) the city . 士兵們包圍了這座城市。
The castle was under siege for months . 城堡被圍睏數(shù)月。
figurative That whole weekend at Cannes, Brigitte Bardot was under siege by photographers . 在戛納，佈麗吉特?芭鐸整個(gè)周末都被攝影師們包圍著。
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