| 单词 | besiege |
| 释义 | besiege (once / 507 pages) v To besiege means to attack with an army, or to pester with many requests. When all your teachers ask you to hand in assignments on the same day, you can end up feeling besieged. The source of the word besiege in its military sense is the Latin word for "seat." When an army settles down in front of a fort or other site of attack, they are besieging it or taking a seat there. Picture them continually bombarding the fortress with arrows and cannon shot, and you've got the picture of the figurative sense of the word, "to pester with requests, etc." If you get a lot of spam in your e-mail, you are besieged with advertisements — and maybe also besieged with worries that you'll get a virus! WORD FAMILYbesiege: besieged, besieger, besieges, besieging+/besieger: besiegers/besieging: besiegings USAGE EXAMPLESThe deal broke down multiple times as government-allied militias from Lebanon and Iran demanded similar evacuations from nearby Shiite villages besieged by rebel fighters. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) The crisis in the Syrian city of Aleppo, besieged by Syrian and Russian military forces? Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) More recently they negotiated a ceasefire and an evacuation from east Aleppo, besieged for months by Syrian and allied forces. Economist(Dec 19, 2016) 1v surround so as to force to give up The Turks besieged Vienna Syn|Hypo|Hyper beleaguer, circumvent, hem in, surround blockade, seal off impose a blockade on ebbhem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb assail, attack launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with 2v harass, as with questions or requests The press photographers besieged the movie star Hyper importune, insist beg persistently and urgently 3v cause to feel distressed or worried She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged Hyper distress cause mental pain to |
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