siege 的 2 个定义
- the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance.
- a series of illnesses, troubles, or annoyances besetting a person or group: a siege of head colds.
- (7)
sieged, sieg·ing.
- to assail or assault; besiege.
siege 近义词
等同于 blockade
等同于 beleaguer
等同于 hedge
更多siege例句
- Dating apps are using images from the siege to ban rioters’ accountsThe IPO is expected in February, Bloomberg has reported.
- He is also the youngest founder and the one whose company is the most under siege.
- The siege of the Capitol came close to being far worse, and there are indications that some rioters intended to harm lawmakers.
- Some lawmakers are now taken aback by how Irving managed the siege.
- Once shepherded to the secure location, Pence remained there throughout the entire siege, even as most key congressional leaders were evacuated to an off-site secure location, according to administration and congressional aides.
- And even as the bloody siege continues, so, too, do signs of life.
- It has long been a battle cry in conservative circles that Christmas is under siege.
- The Kurds claimed at least 100 Islamic militants were killed in the two-day battle to lift the siege.
- As a cafe in Sydney, Australia came under siege by a hostage-taking gunman on Monday, those nearby attempted to flee the area.
- Purely by chance, Anna Coren had landed in Sydney just as the chocolate shop siege began.
- After an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.
- This is a conquered city, virtually if not nominally in a state of siege, without assignable period.
- During the siege of Acre he commanded the covering force, and pushed reconnaissances far and wide.
- To pull through such a siege, the old settlers usually did much better than the new.
- As the siege progressed besiegers and besieged actually came to know each other by sight.