| 单词 | encirclement |
| 释义 | encirclement (once / 47852 pages) n WORD FAMILY encirclement: encirclements+/circle: circled, circles, circlet, circling, circular, encircle, semicircle/circlet: circlets/circular: circularise, circularity, circularize, circularly, circulars, circulate/circularise: circularisation, circularised, circularises, circularising/circularity: circularities/circularize: circularization, circularized, circularizing/circulate: circulated, circulates, circulating, circulation, circulative, circulatory/circulation: circulations, recirculation/encircle: encircled, encirclement, encircles, encircling/encircling: encirclingly/semicircle: semicircles, semicircular/semicircular: semicircularly USAGE EXAMPLESStill, Putin fears encirclement—or says he does—and occasionally sharpens his rhetoric accordingly. Slate(Dec 23, 2016) However, the attempted encirclement of Raqqa is not like the battle raging on the other side of the border, to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second-biggest city. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) By contrast, Konashenko said, the U.S.-led coalition is forming an “iron ring of encirclement” around Mosul that entraps everyone. Los Angeles Times(Nov 02, 2016) n a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper blockade Alamo a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico battle of Atlantaa siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864 Corregidorthe peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945 Dien Bien Phuthe French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954 Lucknowthe British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857) siege of Orleansa long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429 Petersburg Campaignthe final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee Pleventhe town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days siege of Syracusethe Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse siege of Syracusethe Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes) siege of Vicksburga decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered siege of Yorktownin 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution naval blockade the interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siegethe action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack action, military action a military engagement |
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