besiege
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++be·siege /bɪˈsiːdʒ/ verb [transitive] 1 ATTACKto surround a city or castle with military force until the people inside let you take control 包围；围攻；围困 → siege In April 655, Osman’s palace was besieged by rebels. 公元655年4月，奥斯曼的宫殿遭到叛军围攻。► see thesaurus at attack2 AROUND/ROUNDif you are besieged by people, you have a lot of them around you 〔人、烦恼、想法等〕包围；缠扰 Miller was besieged by press photographers. 米勒被摄影记者团团围住。n Grammar Besiege is usually passive in this meaning.3. be besieged with letters/demands/requests etc LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTto receive a very large number of letters, requests etc 被大量的信件/要求/请求等所困扰 SYN be inundated→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
besiege• Mentheus of Caledor besieged Anlec with a great army of Elves.• The capital has been besieged by the opposition militia for two months now.• Besides, the real factory, which is about five miles away, had been besieged by visitors for years.• A massive Roman army besieged Jerusalem, utterly destroying the Temple and razing the city to the ground.• This is a besieged, privileged and panicked minority at prayer.• Smiling feebly, Mundin stood silent just when I needed him to bring in the cavalry and rescue my besieged story.• Federal agents besieged the compound in Waco in 1993.• The most famous occurred in 1632 when the armies of Gustavus Adolphus besieged the forces of the dying Tilly.• opposition forces who besieged the parliament building• The second was a sweeping victory, and the Athenians followed it up by landing troops on Aigina and besieging the town.• They came to the station and besieged the travellers, begging them not to go.be·siege verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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besiege
be‧siege /bɪˈsiːdʒ/
verb [transitive]
1. to surround a city or castle with military force until the people inside let you take control ⇨ siege:
In April 655, Osman’s palace was besieged by rebels.
2. [usually passive] if people, worries, thoughts etc besiege you, you are surrounded by them:
Miller was besieged by press photographers.
3. be besieged with letters/demands/requests etc to receive a very large number of letters, requests etc
SYN be inundated
■ to attack a place
▪attack to use weapons to try to damage or take control of a place: The village was attacked by enemy warplanes. | We will attack at dawn.
▪invade to enter a country and try to get control of it using force: The Romans invaded Britain 2,000 years ago.
▪storm to suddenly attack a city or building that is well defended by getting inside it and taking control: Elite troops stormed the building and rescued the hostages.
▪besiege /bɪˈsiːdʒ/ to surround a city or building with soldiers in order to stop the people inside from getting out or from receiving supplies: In April 655, Osman’s palace was besieged by rebels.
be‧siege /bɪˈsiːdʒ/
verb [transitive]1. to surround a city or castle with military force until the people inside let you take control ⇨ siege:
2. [usually passive] if people, worries, thoughts etc besiege you, you are surrounded by them:
3. be besieged with letters/demands/requests etc to receive a very large number of letters, requests etc
SYN be inundated
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