siege

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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。

Examples from the Corpus

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〕

Examples from the Corpus

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.

Examples from the Corpus

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”

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