siege

• n. 围攻；包围；围城；不断袭击；长期努力
• vt. 围攻；包围

来自古法语 sege,座位，来自通俗拉丁语*sedicum,座位，来自 sedere,坐下，词源同 set,sit,seat. 引申比喻义包围，封锁，字面意思即即军队在包围的城墙四周安营扎寨。

siege (n.)

early 13c., "a seat" (as in Siege Perilous, early 13c., the vacant seat at Arthur's Round Table, according to prophecy to be occupied safely only by the knight destined to find the Holy Grail), from Old French sege "seat, throne," from Vulgar Latin *sedicum "seat," from Latin sedere "sit" (see sedentary). The military sense is attested from c. 1300; the notion is of an army "sitting down" before a fortress.

1. The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.

法官说警方对围攻安排不当。

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2. They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion.

他们希望能和平结束这次围困。

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3. The journalists found a city virtually under siege.

记者发现的是一个几乎被围困的城市。

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4. The guy'll think he's under siege.

那家伙会认为他承受了巨大压力。

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5. The siege is now in its eighteenth day.

围困今天已经进入第18天了。

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1. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

the siege of Troy

特洛伊之围

牛津词典

The siege was finally lifted (= ended) after six months.

六个月后封锁最终解除了。

牛津词典

The police placed the city centre under a virtual state of siege (= it was hard to get in or out) .

警方可说是已封锁了市中心。

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We must do everything possible to lift the siege...

我们必须尽一切可能解除包围。

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They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion...

他们希望能和平结束这次围困。

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The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence...

叛乱者包围了总督府。

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The press laid siege to the club.

记者围住了俱乐部。

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The guy'll think he's under siege...

那家伙会认为他承受了巨大压力。

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Radio One is under siege from all sides.

广播一台受到了来自各方的严厉批评。

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He was smitten with Mary's attractions and laid siege to her heart.

他被玛丽的魅力迷惑,对她苦缠不休.

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The insurrectionary army laid siege to the capital.

起义军围攻京城.

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Gather up your belongings to leave the land , you who live under siege.

受围困的人哪、当收拾你的财物 、 从国中带出去.

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The battalions held out for three months under siege.

部队在围攻的情况下坚持三个月之久.

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Dozens of journalists laid siege to his flat.

许多记者在他的住宅外包围着.

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Stephen Chow has been talking about the siege, said Karen Mok was them.

谈到周星驰近日被围攻, 莫文蔚说当年他们合作愉快.

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The enemy lay siege to the town in attempt to starve the people to death.

敌人围城,企图将人们饿死.

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To end ( a siege ) by withdrawing troops or forcing the enemy troops to withdraw.

撤军把部队撤走或迫使敌人把部队撤走以结束 ( 一场围困 )

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The city was thrown down during the siege.

在围城过程中,这座城市被摧毁了.

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Ancient Protector damage type changed to pierce from siege.

远古守卫伤害形态从攻城变为穿刺.

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A siege often brings them to terms.

围攻常迫使他们接受条件.

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The French and Vietminh settled in for a long siege.

法国和越南的军队进入了一场旷日持久的围城战.

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At last great areas of Europe were a state of siege and subject to nightly raids.

最后,欧洲广大地区被围困,经常遭到夜间偷袭.

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On June 16,1775 the Siege of Boston, the Second Continental Congress authorized the building of fortifications.

1775年6月16日,正当波士顿遭到包围的时候, 第二届的大陆会议下令授权建筑防御工事.

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A siege is a battle of attrition.

围城是一场消耗战.

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Agam siege words and actions not only highly representativeness But history direct graphic.

阿甘的所见所闻所言所行不仅具有高度的代表性,而且是对历史的直接图解.

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Our troops stood out resolutely against the long siege of the enemy.

我们的部队顽强地顶住了敌人长时间的围困.

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the siege of Troy

特洛伊之围

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The town succumbed after a short siege.

该城被围困不久即告失守。

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