besiege

英 [bɪˈsiːdʒ]

美 [bɪˈsiːdʒ]

v.  围困; 包围; 团团围住; (用大量的信件、提问等)使(某人)应接不暇

过去分词：besieged　过去式：besieged　现在分词：besieging　第三人称单数：besieges　

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Collins.2 / BNC.13751 / COCA.14890

牛津词典

verb

• 围困；包围
  to surround a building, city, etc. with soldiers until the people inside are forced to let you in
  1. Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender.
     巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
  2. Fans besieged the box office to try and get tickets for the concert.
     歌迷们围着售票处，试图买到音乐会门票。
• 团团围住
  to surround sb/sth in large numbers
  1. The actress was besieged by reporters at the airport.
     那位女演员在机场被记者团团围住。
• （用大量的信件、提问等）使（某人）应接不暇
  to send so many letters, ask so many questions, etc. that it is difficult for sb to deal with them all
  1. The radio station was besieged with calls from angry listeners.
     广播电台疲于应付愤怒的听众打来的电话。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 烦扰；纠缠
  If youare besieged bypeople, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
  1. She was besieged by the press and the public.
     她被媒体和公众纠缠不休。
• VERB 包围；围攻
  If soldiersbesiegea place, they surround it and wait for the people in it to stop fighting or resisting.
  1. The main part of the army moved to Sevastopol to besiege the town...
     军队主力转移到了塞瓦斯托波尔，对该城进行围攻。
  2. The Afghan air force was using helicopters to supply the besieged town.
     阿富汗空军正用直升机向被围城镇提供补给。

英英释义

verb

• harass, as with questions or requests
  1. The press photographers besieged the movie star
• surround so as to force to give up
  1. The Turks besieged Vienna
  Synonym:beleaguersurroundhem incircumvent
• cause to feel distressed or worried
  1. She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged

双语例句

• A military unit loyal to Colonel Gaddafi are reportedly continuing to besiege the major central city of Misrata with artillery bombardment and sniper fire.
  据报道一个忠于卡扎菲上校的军事单位继续用大炮和狙击手轰炸和围攻重要的中心城市米斯拉塔。
• But if it does not make peace with you, but rather engages in battle with you, you shall besiege it.
  若不肯与你和好，反要与你打仗，你就要围困那城。
• Faced by a superior Crusader-Egyptian force who attempted to besiege the city, Shirkuh split his army.
  在面临更强的十字军和埃及联军试图围攻城市的情况下，谢尔库赫分散了他的部队。
• Memories of the Last Besiege Battle of Linyi in Shandong Theater during the War against Japanese Aggression Base areas in anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare are mainly of three types, those in the mountains, those on the plains and those in the river-lake-estuary regions.
  忆山东抗日战场的最后一战&临沂攻坚战抗日游击战争的根据地大体不外三种：山地、平地和河湖港汊地。
• When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come
  国中若有饥荒，瘟疫，旱风，霉烂，蝗虫，蚂蚱，或有仇敌犯境，围困城邑，无论遭遇什么灾祸疾病
• Are the trees of the field people, that you should besiege them?
  田间的树木岂是人，叫你糟蹋吗？
• She was besieged by the press and the public.
  她被媒体和公众纠缠不休。
• The main part of the army moved to Sevastopol to besiege the town
  军队主力转移到了塞瓦斯托波尔，对该城进行围攻。
• When forty winters shall beseige ( besiege) thy brow.
  四十个冬天一齐挤上你的眉毛。
• They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  他们必将你困在耶和华你神所赐你遍地的各城里。