英语词汇“besiege”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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besiege

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	besiege
	he, she, it	besieges
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	besieged
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have besieged
	he, she, it	has besieged
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had besieged
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will besiege
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have besieged

Continuous Form
Present	I	am besieging
	he, she, it	is besieging
	you, we, they	are besieging
Past	I, he, she, it	was besieging
	you, we, they	were besieging
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been besieging
	he, she, it	has been besieging
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been besieging
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be besieging
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been besieging

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Federal agents besieged the compound in Waco in 1993.
opposition forces who besieged the parliament building
The capital has been besieged by the opposition militia for two months now.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A massive Roman army besieged Jerusalem, utterly destroying the Temple and razing the city to the ground.
Besides, the real factory, which is about five miles away, had been besieged by visitors for years.
Mentheus of Caledor besieged Anlec with a great army of Elves.
Smiling feebly, Mundin stood silent just when I needed him to bring in the cavalry and rescue my besieged story.
The most famous occurred in 1632 when the armies of Gustavus Adolphus besieged the forces of the dying Tilly.
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.
This is a besieged, privileged and panicked minority at prayer.

THESAURUSto 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

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.

Longman Language Activatorto attack a place or country► attack

to attack a place or country using weapons, aircraft, soldiers etc: · On 25 April, British and Australian troops attacked the enemy at Gallipoli.· The village had been attacked by enemy warplanes.· The special unit attacked at dawn, inflicting heavy losses.· General Powell consulted with the President before giving the order to attack.

► invade

if a country's army invades another country, it enters it and tries to control it: · Enemy forces were almost certainly preparing to invade.· Sicily was invaded by the Normans, and later by the Saracens.· In his latest film, super-intelligent aliens invade Earth and try to take over.

► raid

if a group of soldiers raids a place or town belonging to an enemy, they attack it suddenly and without any warning and cause a lot of damage in a short time: · The rebels raided the tiny mountain town early on Tuesday.· Again, the tribe had raided a neighbouring village, inflicting many casualties.

► launch an attack/mount an attack

also launch an invasion/mount an invasion to start to attack an enemy's army, country, or property, in a planned way: · A fresh attack was mounted on the last remaining rebels.· The Huns, normally a peaceful race, launched an invasion into Europe via the Caspian Steppes.

► storm

to suddenly attack a city or building that is well-defended by getting inside it and taking control: · Heavily armed and masked gunmen stormed an ammunitions store in Co. Mayo.· an attempt by government forces to storm the hijacked airplane

► besiege

to surround a city or building with soldiers in order to stop the people inside from getting out or from receiving supplies such as food and water: · The capital has been besieged by the opposition militia for two months now.· Federal agents besieged the compound in Waco in 1993.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► forces

· The most famous occurred in 1632 when the armies of Gustavus Adolphus besieged the forces of the dying Tilly.· In late autumn Kabul was besieged by rebel forces, and Amanullah was eventually forced to abdicate.