| 单词 | investment line |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinvestment line 5. Military. The surrounding of a town, stronghold, etc., by a hostile force so as to cut off outside communication and aid; (also) an instance of this. Also attributive, esp. in investment line. Now historical.In quot. 1702 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > action or state of siege or blockade > [noun] sieginga1382 besieging1382 siegec1385 pursuitc1425 obsidionc1429 assizec1430 assieginga1450 sitting down1495 obsession1548 besiege1552 besiegement1564 assiegement1577 investion1590 investing1597 beleaguering1603 blocking1637 investiture1649 blockade1659 begirting1660 investment1702 beleaguerment1826 1702 Prerogative of Breeches 2 The Fortress of Pretence and Hypocrisy, whose outworks are so soft and Silken that they court an Investment. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Leaguer, siege; investment of a town. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VII. 214 You will likewise have heard of the surrender of Olivença, and of the subsequent investment of Badajoz. 1854 Ld. Raglan Let. 8 Oct. in J. Martineau Life H. Pelham (1908) vii. 163 To draw the investment closer. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 17 Some distance in rear of the investment line. 1914 Sci. Amer. 3 Oct. 286/2 The Germans, in our belief, never contemplated for a moment, a complete investment of Paris. 1963 Jrnl. Illinois State Hist. Soc. 56 248 These siege guns were emplaced along the investment line. 2013 N. Murray Rocky Road to Great War ii. 54 The investment [of Plevna] was a slow process as the Russian Army whittled down and cut Osman Pasha's lines of communication. < as lemmas |
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