1 N-COUNT [oft under N] (军队或警察对某地的)围困，包围，围攻 A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. (军队或警察对某地的)围困，包围，围攻
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We must do everything possible to lift the siege.
我们必须尽一切可能解除包围。
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They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion.
他们希望能和平结束这次围困。
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The journalists found a city virtually under siege.
记者发现的是一个几乎被围困的城市。
SYN blockade, encirclement, besiegement
3 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. (警察、士兵、新闻记者等)包围，围住
4 PHRASE [verb-link 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. 遭受严厉批评;承受巨大压力
| Word Partnership | Use siege with: |
| PREP. | after a siege, during a siege, under siege 1 |
| VERB. | end a siege, lift a siege 1 |
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