siege

[si:dʒ]

n.包围, 围攻

例句与用法：

The town was forced to yield after a long siege.

该城受长期围困而被迫弃守。

The city succumbed after only a short siege.

该城受围困仅很短时间就不再抵抗了。

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。

The city was under siege. How could they helplessly wait for death?

兵临城下，岂能束手待毙?

After a prolonged siege, the town was rendered up to the insurgents.

经过长时间包围之后，这个小镇已被起义军攻克。

The citizens sallied out in an attempt to break the siege.

市民们进行突击，试图冲破包围。

Joan of Arc led a large army to raise the siege of Orleans in1429.

贞德在1429年率大军解除了英军对奥尔良的围攻。

The army has laid siege to the city several months.

部队包围了这城市好几个月。

词形变化：

动词过去式: sieged | 动词过去分词: sieged | 动词现在分词: sieging | 动词第三人称单数: sieges |

详细释义：

n.

1. 围攻; 包围; 围城[C][U]

The insurrectionary army laid siege to the capital.

起义军围攻京城。

2. 【美】(疾病等的)长期折磨; (灾祸等的)不断袭击[C]

a siege of illness

疾病的长期折磨

3. 劫持[C]

After an 18-hour siege, the police stormed the house and captured the gunman.

武装劫持十八小时之后, 警方袭击了那所房子并抓获了持枪罪犯。

vt.

围攻; 围困

短语词组：

lay siege to

1. 包围

Dozens of journalists laid siege to his flat.

大量记者把他的公寓围住了。