词组 | siege |
释义 | siege /siːdʒ/ noun a situation in which an army or the police surround a place and try to gain control of it or force someone to come out of itphrasesbe under siege (=be surrounded by an enemy) The troops, who had been under siege for three months, finally surrendered.lay siege to sth (=try to get control of a place by surrounding it) Armed police laid siege to the flat for two days.be in a state of siege The capital was in a state of siege, with road blocks on all the surrounding roads.adjectivesa long siege The bank robbers surrendered after a long siege.a 30-day/3-month etc siege The city was finally captured in November, at the end of a three-month siege.verbsa siege begins/starts Food has not been allowed into the town since the siege began.a siege ends The siege ended when the men gave themselves up to police.lift/raise a siege (=end it) The UN has repeated its call to lift the siege and end the suffering.break a siege (=stop it from continuing) He predicted that any attempt to break the siege would fail.withstand a siege (=be strong enough not to be captured by a siege) The castle was built to withstand a siege.a siege lasts two days/three weeks etc Police officers arrested the suspect after a siege that lasted ten hours. |
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