1N-COUNT [oft underN](军队或警察对某地的)围困,包围,围攻 A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. (军队或警察对某地的)围困,包围,围攻
We must do everything possible to lift the siege.
我们必须尽一切可能解除包围。
They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion.
他们希望能和平结束这次围困。
The journalists found a city virtually under siege.
3PHRASE (警察、士兵、新闻记者等)包围,围住 If police, soldiers, or journalists lay siege to a place, they surround it in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. (警察、士兵、新闻记者等)包围,围住
The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence.
叛乱者包围了总督府。
The press laid siege to the club.
记者围住了俱乐部。
4PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE]遭受严厉批评;承受巨大压力 If someone or something is under siege, they are being severely criticized or put under a great deal of pressure. 遭受严厉批评;承受巨大压力
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SIEGE | SIEGE + VERB | SIEGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤lengthy, long, prolonged (especially BrE) 長期的圍攻▸➤four-day, ten-hour, etc. * 4 天、10 個小時等的圍攻▸➤armed, gun, police (especially BrE) 武裝包圍;炮火圍攻;警方封鎖➤economic, military經濟/軍事封鎖◇Under military and economic siege, entire economic sectors have collapsed.在軍事和經濟封鎖下,整個經濟已經崩潰。VERB + SIEGE➤lay包圍◇An angry mob laid siege to City Hall.憤怒的暴民包圍了市政廳大樓。◇The English forces laid siege to the city of Tournai.英國軍隊包圍了圖爾奈城。➤break粉碎圍攻▸➤end, lift, raise, relieve (= arrive to help the people in a siege)結束封鎖;解除圍困◇The opposition pledged to lift a siege of government buildings.反對派承諾解除對政府大樓的圍攻。◇The royal forces marched south to lift the siege of Donnington Castle.皇家部隊向南挺進以解唐寧頓城堡之圍。➤withstand抵擋住圍攻◇This fortress could withstand a siege for years if necessary.在不得已的時候,這座堡壘能抵擋住多年的圍攻。➤survive挺過圍困SIEGE + VERB➤last圍困持續◇The siege lasted two years.這次圍攻持續了兩年。➤begin, end圍困開始/結束◇The seven-hour armed siege at the school ended peacefully.對這所學校長達 7 小時的武裝封鎖以和平方式結束。SIEGE + NOUN➤warfare包圍戰▸➤engine, tower, weapon攻城機械;攻城塔;攻城武器➤mentality (figurative) 受圍心態◇His views are typical of the siege mentality of this administration.他的觀點反映了這屆政府典型的受圍心態。PREPOSITION➤at a/the siege在圍攻中◇soldiers wounded at the siege of Charleston圍攻查爾斯頓時受傷的士兵➤during a/the siege在圍困期間➤under siege受圍攻◇At the very end of the war, the city again came under siege.戰爭就快結束時這座城市再一次遭受圍困。➤siege of對⋯的圍困PHRASES➤a state of siege包圍狀態◇The police placed the city under a virtual state of siege.警方實際上已封鎖了這座城市。