siege

noun

1. （军队对城镇的）围困，包围，围攻，封锁
   a military operation in which an army tries to capture a town by surrounding it and stopping the supply of food, etc. to the people inside
   1. the siege of Troy
      特洛伊之围
   2. The siege was finally lifted (= ended) after six months.
      六个月后封锁最终解除了。
   3. The police placed the city centre under a virtual state of siege (= it was hard to get in or out) .
      警方可说是已封锁了市中心。
2. （警察对建筑物的）包围，封锁
   a situation in which the police surround a building where people are living or hiding, in order to make them come out

1. See also: We must do everything possible to lift the siege... They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion... The journalists found a city virtually under siege. state of siege
2. PHRASE (警察、士兵、新闻记者等)包围，围住
   If police, soldiers, or journalists lay siege to a place, they surround it in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place.
   1. The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence...
      叛乱者包围了总督府。
   2. The press laid siege to the club.
      记者围住了俱乐部。
3. PHRASE 遭受严厉批评;承受巨大压力
   If someone or something is under siege, they are being severely criticized or put under a great deal of pressure.
   1. The guy'll think he's under siege...
      那家伙会认为他承受了巨大压力。
   2. Radio One is under siege from all sides.
      广播一台受到了来自各方的严厉批评。

1. The siege is now in its eighteenth day.
   围困今天已经进入第18天了。
2. Police officers had a siege mentality that isolated them from the people they served
   警察们有一种受围心态，这使得他们脱离了所服务的群众。
3. The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.
   法官说警方对围攻安排不当。
4. Richards claimed he acted in self-defence after Pagett opened fire on him during a siege.
   理查兹声称在一次围攻中他是在佩吉特朝他开火后才进行自卫的。
5. We must do everything possible to lift the siege
   我们必须尽一切可能解除包围。
6. They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion
   他们希望能和平结束这次围困。
7. The journalists found a city virtually under siege.
   记者发现的是一个几乎被围困的城市。
8. The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence
   叛乱者包围了总督府。
9. The press laid siege to the club.
   记者围住了俱乐部。
10. The guy'll think he's under siege
    那家伙会认为他承受了巨大压力。
11. Radio One is under siege from all sides.
    广播一台受到了来自各方的严厉批评。
12. Under the state of siege, the police could arrest suspects without charges or warrants.
    在戒严时，警方无需指控或逮捕令就可以逮捕嫌疑人。
13. There have been widely differing versions in the newspapers about the prison siege.
    关于围攻监狱一事，各家报纸众说纷纭，莫衷一是。
14. The town succumbed after a short siege.
    该城被围困不久即告失守。
15. Our soldiers laid siege to the enemy fortress.
    我们的战士包围了敌人的堡垒。
16. The city finally fell after a three-month siege.
    这座城在被围攻三个月后最终陷落了。
17. When you join the castle siege, you are able to get the honor point.
    当您加入了围攻城堡，你能获得荣誉点。
18. The siege was lifted and general Linghu's army fled the field.
    围城之急解除了，令狐潮的军队溃败逃离。
19. Our troops stood out resolutely against the long siege of the enemy.
    我们的部队顽强地顶住了敌人长时间的围困。
20. The Vikings also attacked Rouen, Nantes, Toulouse and Bordeaux, and laid siege to Paris.
    海盗还袭击鲁昂、南特、图卢兹和波尔多并包围巴黎。
21. The reinforcements scattered the enemy and raised the siege on the fort.
    援军驱散敌军并解除了要塞的围困。
22. They have laid siege to Antioch.
    他们包围了安堤阿。
23. Their city was under siege.
    他们的城市被包围了。
24. They forced the town after a long siege.
    他们经长期围攻，攻占了这座城镇。
25. The siege of Sarajevo started and interethnic fighting between Serbs, Croats and Muslims spread throughout the country.
    萨拉热窝的包围开始了，塞尔维亚人、克罗地亚人和穆斯林之间种族斗争波及全国。
26. The city has been under siege for five days.
    这座城市被包围了五天了。
27. We have laid in a good store of provisions against the enemy's siege.
    我们已经贮备了好大批粮食以对付敌人的包围。
28. Next morning, reporters laid siege to my apartment.
    第二天早上，记者包围了我的公寓。
29. That's why we've also prepared siege plan.
    所以我们也准备了围捕的计划。
30. When the ancients were under siege from the wraith.
    古人遭到了幽灵的围攻。

n.

under siege

• 被包围；被围困；被封锁
  surrounded by an army or the police in a siege
• 一再遭到批评的；受…困扰的
  being criticized all the time or put under pressure by problems, questions, etc.

lay siege to sth

• 围困，围攻（城镇、建筑物等）
  to begin a siege of a town, building, etc.
• 包围（某建筑物，旨在和里面的人对话或质询）
  to surround a building, especially in order to speak to or question the person or people living or working there

noun

1. the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

   Synonym:    besiegingbeleagueringmilitary blockade