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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6091 COCA: 6774

siege

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Related topics: Military
siege /siːdʒ/ ●●○ noun [countableC, uncountableU]  
1  PMa 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 it 〔军队或警方对地方的〕围困，封锁，包围
 The siege lasted almost four months.
这次封锁历时近四个月。
 a three-day police siege at a remote country cottage
警方对一座偏僻村舍历时三天的包围
siege of
 the siege of Leningrad
列宁格勒之围
end/lift/raise a siege (=end a siege) 解除包围
2  lay siege to somebody/something 
a) if the army or police lay siege to a place, they start a siege against it 对某地实施包围
 In June 1176, King Richard laid siege to Limoges.
1176年6月，理查王对利摩日实施包围。
b) if you lay siege to someone, you do everything you can to try and get them to talk to you 〔为使某人和你说话而〕向某人展开攻势
 Then he set to work laying siege to her with letters.
接着他开始给她写信，向她展开攻势。
Examples from the Corpus
lay siege to somebody/something• Almost ten years had passed since they had first laid siege to the town, and it seemed as strong as ever.• She had laid siege to the typists' room for some minutes before Marshall had persuaded her downstairs.• In less than two generations, since the Second World War, they have laid siege to the academic world.• He laid siege to the fortress and gradually weakened it to the point of collapse.• In June 1176 Richard laid siege to Limoges; after a few days resistance Aimar's citadel capitulated.• In 476 they laid siege to Eion, which guarded the Strymon bridge.• After his victory Edward rallied his troops and marched north to lay siege to Calais.
3  be under siege 
a) PMto be surrounded by an army in a siege 被（军队）包围
b) BUSY PLACEto be being criticized, attacked, or threatened all the time 不断受到批评[攻击，威胁等]，受到围攻
 The TV station has been under siege from irate viewers phoning in to complain.
电视台受到愤怒观众的围攻，他们不断打电话来投诉。
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be under siege• Penn, Cage and Leigh give these career performances at a time when movie acting is under siege by special effects.• Read in studio Britain's churches are under siege, according to the company which insures them.• Everton's goal was under siege.• Guei, who promised quick elections for a civilian government, is under siege from within the army.• Your organization is under siege because you and your colleagues have been lax.• The President was under siege from war protesters on the sidewalk.• The Army and the police remained under intense pressure in the Jaffna peninsula where many camps and stations were under siege.
4. siege mentality WORRIEDthe feeling among a group of people that they are surrounded by enemies and must do everything they can to protect themselves 受围心态〔一群人感觉被敌人围困因而必须想方设法自卫的心理〕
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siege mentality• Her fervour and her depiction of a siege mentality do not transfer too easily to Britain.• He is said to have siege mentality.
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siege• In the past, many companies have elected to settle rather than to endure such a siege.• The Cavaliers occupied Burghley House, but they were heavily outnumbered, and Cromwell forced them to surrender after a bitter siege.• The bloody siege of the ranch complex in Waco has already left at least six police and cult members dead.• Rebel troops end siege of Manila area.• The book is not an exhaustive account of all the sieges of the war.• Here the Navy is under siege for all kinds of moral and ethical improprieties.
siege of• the 900-day-long Nazi siege of Leningrad
Origin siege
(1100-1200) Old French sege “seat, siege”, from Vulgar Latin sedicum, from Latin sedere “to sit”
siege noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6091 COCA: 6774
siege

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + SIEGE | SIEGE + VERB | SIEGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤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。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6091 COCA: 6774
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6091 COCA: 6774
siege
Invading and taking control by force: invade, occupy, suppress...
Activism, rebellion, protest and terrorism: 7/7, 9/11, agitation...

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