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siege noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + SIEGE | SIEGE + VERB | SIEGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVElengthy, long, prolonged (especially BrE) 长期的围攻four-day, ten-hour, etc. * 4 天、10 个小时等的围攻armed, gun, police (especially BrE) 武装包围;炮火围攻;警方封锁economic, military 经济/军事封锁◆Under military and economic siege, entire economic sectors have collapsed.在军事和经济封锁下,整个经济已经崩溃。VERB + SIEGElay 包围◆An angry mob laid siege to City Hall.愤怒的暴民包围了市政厅大楼。◆The English forces laid siege to the city of Tournai.英国军队包围了图尔奈城。break 粉碎围攻end, lift, raise, relieve (= arrive to help the people in a siege) 结束封锁;解除围困◆The opposition pledged to lift a siege of government buildings.反对派承诺解除对政府大楼的围攻。◆The royal forces marched south to lift the siege of Donnington Castle.皇家部队向南挺进以解唐宁顿城堡之围。withstand 抵挡住围攻◆This fortress could withstand a siege for years if necessary.在不得已的时候,这座堡垒能抵挡住多年的围攻。survive 挺过围困SIEGE + VERBlast 围困持续◆The siege lasted two years.这次围攻持续了两年。begin, end 围困开始/结束◆The seven-hour armed siege at the school ended peacefully.对这所学校长达 7 小时的武装封锁以和平方式结束。SIEGE + NOUNwarfare 包围战engine, tower, weapon 攻城机械;攻城塔;攻城武器mentality (figurative) 受围心态◆His views are typical of the siege mentality of this administration.他的观点反映了这届政府典型的受围心态。PREPOSITIONat a/the siege 在围攻中◆soldiers wounded at the siege of Charleston围攻查尔斯顿时受伤的士兵during a/the siege 在围困期间under siege 受围攻◆At the very end of the war, the city again came under siege.战争就快结束时这座城市再一次遭受围困。siege of 对⋯的围困PHRASESa state of siege 包围状态◆The police placed the city under a virtual state of siege.警方实际上已封锁了这座城市。 |