Definition of besiege in English:

besiege

verb bɪˈsiːdʒbəˈsidʒ

[with object]

1Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.
围攻（某地）；包围
the king marched north to besiege Berwick
国王向北进军去围攻贝里克。
Example sentencesExamples
- This style of warfare, with its double lines of siege works often constructed on a scale almost as elaborate as the defences of the place being besieged, could frequently consume entire campaigns.
- Meanwhile, the main body of the army was besieging the great city which was finally conquered after seven months.
- A considerable British force was besieged at Kut and surrendered in April 1916.
- York was at the centre of an epic battle for control of the north of England that year, after the Royalist forces in the city were besieged during the spring.
- The city was besieged by Parliamentarian forces trying to starve the Royalists out.
- The town was besieged and taken, but later fell into disuse.
- While state security forces besieged the village and cut phone lines to prevent communication with the outside world, he sent in trucks full of hired thugs to take control.
- Battle lines were drawn: Henry brought up forces to besiege the town, while Henry the Younger was joined by troops from his brother Geoffrey and the new king Philip of France.
- He clearly felt that it would have been better not to besiege the city in the first place, but that once the siege was begun it should have been carried through to completion.
- The same stronghold was besieged in 1136, when miners again attempted to demolish the walls.
- Therefore, it becomes a prudent idea not to practice scorched earth policies when besieging an enemy city.
- In March 1628 a Spanish army besieged its key fortress of Casale, while a Piedmontese force occupied the remainder of the duchy.
- So the order is to besiege civilian areas and use food and water as a weapon.
- For the entire morning and much of the afternoon, Central Security forces besieged the city centre.
- When you besiege a city by an army, you're just making them integrate together, and there will be a code of warriors trying to fight for their lives, which is wrong.
- Minos besieged his town and his daughter Scylla cut the lock from his head and offered it to him.
- Three assaults on Richmond by Grant were repelled by Lee, after which Union forces besieged the Confederate capital through the winter.
- The city of Lyon refused to carry out instructions from Paris and the city was besieged for two months.
- In a running battle that took a heavy toll of British soldiers' lives, the New England militia forced the redcoats back to Boston and besieged the port city.
- As Hannibal's army ravaged the Italian countryside and besieged allied cities and towns, the Roman army followed it at a safe distance.
Synonyms
lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade, surround
shut off, block off
archaic invest
1. 1.1 Surround and harass.
  she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen
  她一整天都被记者缠住。
  Example sentencesExamples
  His latest comments came as he was besieged by journalists after a fringe meeting in Bournemouth, forcing him to take refuge in the party press office.
  An early morning taxi takes us to the bus station, where I am besieged by beggars.
  His time in Lincoln gave him great pleasure, though he recalls how famine struck the area whilst he was there, and his study was besieged by beggars.
  Carpetbaggers were besieging offices and harassing staff.
  Once the story broke I was absolutely besieged by the media and spent several days recording TV and radio interviews, and speaking to reporters and feature writers on various newspapers and magazines.
  The couple were again besieged by the media when their split was announced seven years ago.
  The production wasn't so much beset as besieged by difficulties.
  ‘We were quite literally besieged for about two weeks, with newsmen camped on the doorstep, invading our offices and telephoning at the rate of one a minute,’ he wrote.
  This being the recognised time to give alms, I was besieged by beggars, who spread their napkins before us on the ground, sprinkled with a few coppers to excite generosity.
  A holiday in Peru turns into an endurance test, as a whole sequence of health problems besiege me throughout, and for several weeks thereafter.
  To add salt to his wounds, he's besieged by 'journalists' interrogating him about his golden handshake and gambling habit.
  From the day that Rupert's name was mentioned in the media, even before our address had become public, I was besieged by journalists from all over the world.
  He had appeared at the exam boards news conference and was immediately besieged by journalists who had been unable to find a clear story from the raw statistics and hoped he might provide one.
  We have got babies left on railway platforms, and in drains and garbage bins, and children bitten by dogs and besieged by disease and affliction.
  Why haven't they been plagued or decimated by the problems that have besieged other teams, including those with terrific coaching and front-office staffs?
  Synonyms
  surround, mob, crowd round, swarm round, throng round, ring round, encircle
  hem in, shut in
  set upon, fall upon
  oppress, torment, torture, rack, plague, afflict, harrow, beset, beleaguer, trouble, bedevil, cause suffering to, prey on, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on, gnaw at, nag at, haunt
2. 1.2be besieged Be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints.
  被（大量要求或抱怨）扰得应接不暇（或焦头烂额）
  the television station was besieged with calls
  电视台里电话应接不暇。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This time of the year we are besieged with ills and chills, and tend to feel out-of-sorts and a little run down.
  Ayurvedic outlets are being besieged with requests for this mixture of rice gruel and medicinal herbs.
  The main supermarkets were besieged with people from the moment they opened their doors yesterday.
  Publicans have been besieged with complaints about unpleasant smells in their establishments since the ban on smoking in public places was introduced last month.
  I know you've been besieged with requests and we do appreciate it.
  CBS television, which showed the championship game, quickly apologised after being besieged with complaints.
  Suddenly my agent in England is besieged with calls.
  However, the very next day she was besieged with complaints from her disappointed newlyweds, and conceded the great wisdom needed for making a match that leads to a happy marriage.
  For months, we were besieged with exaggerations, accusations, planted stories, and outright lies.
  Exiting Customs, we were besieged with guides, all yelling and describing their hotels.
  We no longer tolerate being besieged with manipulative messages that we don't want to hear and cannot respond to.
  With every false start on the long road to peace, economists have been besieged with calls asking whether the latest political move will prove the tonic the economy needs.
  Helpline workers were besieged with angry calls and hundreds of complaints have been posted on the pilots' own unofficial websites.
  The store was besieged with inquiries about it and the short supply we had dwindled and disappeared.
  In the late eighties, the television channel was besieged with complaints that its videos were too full of content inappropriate for younger kids.
  Makeshift clinics have been besieged with thousands of victims turning up with pneumonia and diarrhoea.
  Every time a D-Day anniversary approaches, he is besieged with requests from journalists and researchers seeking interviews.
  The New York authorities have been besieged with requests for material salvaged from Ground Zero.
  Angry customers have besieged a postal watchdog with complaints about dumped and missing mail.
  So drivers are increasingly being besieged with mailshots, particularly as their policy comes up for renewal.
  Synonyms
  overwhelm, inundate, deluge, flood, swamp, snow under
  bombard

Derivatives

besieger

noun bɪˈsiːdʒəbəˈsidʒər

The besiegers suffered heavy casualties in every assault, while the besieged were forced to call on the services of the old and young who were normally excused military duties.
Example sentencesExamples
- The besiegers grew increasingly desperate during the late winter and early spring as supplies ran terribly short.
- The defenders ran out of ammunition while the Royalist besiegers kept up the bombardment as though determined to destroy everything opposing them.
- It also raised the possibility of forcing back the besiegers.
- The attack, when it came, was ill co-ordinated, and the city resisted with more determination than its besiegers had ever expected.

Origin

Middle English: alteration (by change of prefix) of assiege, from Old French asegier.

Rhymes

liege, prestige, siege

Definition of besiege in US English:

besiege

verbbəˈsidʒbəˈsēj

[with object]

1Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to.
围攻（某地）；包围
the guerrillas continued to besiege other major cities to the north
Example sentencesExamples
- York was at the centre of an epic battle for control of the north of England that year, after the Royalist forces in the city were besieged during the spring.
- Battle lines were drawn: Henry brought up forces to besiege the town, while Henry the Younger was joined by troops from his brother Geoffrey and the new king Philip of France.
- So the order is to besiege civilian areas and use food and water as a weapon.
- For the entire morning and much of the afternoon, Central Security forces besieged the city centre.
- In March 1628 a Spanish army besieged its key fortress of Casale, while a Piedmontese force occupied the remainder of the duchy.
- When you besiege a city by an army, you're just making them integrate together, and there will be a code of warriors trying to fight for their lives, which is wrong.
- The town was besieged and taken, but later fell into disuse.
- The city was besieged by Parliamentarian forces trying to starve the Royalists out.
- As Hannibal's army ravaged the Italian countryside and besieged allied cities and towns, the Roman army followed it at a safe distance.
- The city of Lyon refused to carry out instructions from Paris and the city was besieged for two months.
- Therefore, it becomes a prudent idea not to practice scorched earth policies when besieging an enemy city.
- He clearly felt that it would have been better not to besiege the city in the first place, but that once the siege was begun it should have been carried through to completion.
- Minos besieged his town and his daughter Scylla cut the lock from his head and offered it to him.
- The same stronghold was besieged in 1136, when miners again attempted to demolish the walls.
- A considerable British force was besieged at Kut and surrendered in April 1916.
- In a running battle that took a heavy toll of British soldiers' lives, the New England militia forced the redcoats back to Boston and besieged the port city.
- Three assaults on Richmond by Grant were repelled by Lee, after which Union forces besieged the Confederate capital through the winter.
- This style of warfare, with its double lines of siege works often constructed on a scale almost as elaborate as the defences of the place being besieged, could frequently consume entire campaigns.
- Meanwhile, the main body of the army was besieging the great city which was finally conquered after seven months.
- While state security forces besieged the village and cut phone lines to prevent communication with the outside world, he sent in trucks full of hired thugs to take control.
Synonyms
lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade, surround
1. 1.1 Crowd around oppressively; surround and harass.
  拥在…周围；围困，纠缠
  she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen
  她一整天都被记者缠住。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Why haven't they been plagued or decimated by the problems that have besieged other teams, including those with terrific coaching and front-office staffs?
  From the day that Rupert's name was mentioned in the media, even before our address had become public, I was besieged by journalists from all over the world.
  His time in Lincoln gave him great pleasure, though he recalls how famine struck the area whilst he was there, and his study was besieged by beggars.
  ‘We were quite literally besieged for about two weeks, with newsmen camped on the doorstep, invading our offices and telephoning at the rate of one a minute,’ he wrote.
  Once the story broke I was absolutely besieged by the media and spent several days recording TV and radio interviews, and speaking to reporters and feature writers on various newspapers and magazines.
  A holiday in Peru turns into an endurance test, as a whole sequence of health problems besiege me throughout, and for several weeks thereafter.
  We have got babies left on railway platforms, and in drains and garbage bins, and children bitten by dogs and besieged by disease and affliction.
  To add salt to his wounds, he's besieged by 'journalists' interrogating him about his golden handshake and gambling habit.
  An early morning taxi takes us to the bus station, where I am besieged by beggars.
  This being the recognised time to give alms, I was besieged by beggars, who spread their napkins before us on the ground, sprinkled with a few coppers to excite generosity.
  Carpetbaggers were besieging offices and harassing staff.
  He had appeared at the exam boards news conference and was immediately besieged by journalists who had been unable to find a clear story from the raw statistics and hoped he might provide one.
  The production wasn't so much beset as besieged by difficulties.
  The couple were again besieged by the media when their split was announced seven years ago.
  His latest comments came as he was besieged by journalists after a fringe meeting in Bournemouth, forcing him to take refuge in the party press office.
  Synonyms
  surround, mob, crowd round, swarm round, throng round, ring round, encircle
  oppress, torment, torture, rack, plague, afflict, harrow, beset, beleaguer, trouble, bedevil, cause suffering to, prey on, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on, gnaw at, nag at, haunt
2. 1.2be besieged Be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints.
  被（大量要求或抱怨）扰得应接不暇（或焦头烂额）
  the television station was besieged with calls
  电视台里电话应接不暇。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Makeshift clinics have been besieged with thousands of victims turning up with pneumonia and diarrhoea.
  Publicans have been besieged with complaints about unpleasant smells in their establishments since the ban on smoking in public places was introduced last month.
  This time of the year we are besieged with ills and chills, and tend to feel out-of-sorts and a little run down.
  We no longer tolerate being besieged with manipulative messages that we don't want to hear and cannot respond to.
  Ayurvedic outlets are being besieged with requests for this mixture of rice gruel and medicinal herbs.
  So drivers are increasingly being besieged with mailshots, particularly as their policy comes up for renewal.
  The New York authorities have been besieged with requests for material salvaged from Ground Zero.
  Angry customers have besieged a postal watchdog with complaints about dumped and missing mail.
  The main supermarkets were besieged with people from the moment they opened their doors yesterday.
  Suddenly my agent in England is besieged with calls.
  For months, we were besieged with exaggerations, accusations, planted stories, and outright lies.
  I know you've been besieged with requests and we do appreciate it.
  Every time a D-Day anniversary approaches, he is besieged with requests from journalists and researchers seeking interviews.
  However, the very next day she was besieged with complaints from her disappointed newlyweds, and conceded the great wisdom needed for making a match that leads to a happy marriage.
  CBS television, which showed the championship game, quickly apologised after being besieged with complaints.
  The store was besieged with inquiries about it and the short supply we had dwindled and disappeared.
  Exiting Customs, we were besieged with guides, all yelling and describing their hotels.
  With every false start on the long road to peace, economists have been besieged with calls asking whether the latest political move will prove the tonic the economy needs.
  Helpline workers were besieged with angry calls and hundreds of complaints have been posted on the pilots' own unofficial websites.
  In the late eighties, the television channel was besieged with complaints that its videos were too full of content inappropriate for younger kids.
  Synonyms
  overwhelm, inundate, deluge, flood, swamp, snow under

Origin

Middle English: alteration (by change of prefix) of assiege, from Old French asegier.

单词	besiege
释义	Definition of besiege in English: besiege verb bɪˈsiːdʒbəˈsidʒ [with object] 1Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender. 围攻（某地）；包围 the king marched north to besiege Berwick 国王向北进军去围攻贝里克。 Example sentencesExamples This style of warfare, with its double lines of siege works often constructed on a scale almost as elaborate as the defences of the place being besieged, could frequently consume entire campaigns. Meanwhile, the main body of the army was besieging the great city which was finally conquered after seven months. A considerable British force was besieged at Kut and surrendered in April 1916. York was at the centre of an epic battle for control of the north of England that year, after the Royalist forces in the city were besieged during the spring. The city was besieged by Parliamentarian forces trying to starve the Royalists out. The town was besieged and taken, but later fell into disuse. While state security forces besieged the village and cut phone lines to prevent communication with the outside world, he sent in trucks full of hired thugs to take control. Battle lines were drawn: Henry brought up forces to besiege the town, while Henry the Younger was joined by troops from his brother Geoffrey and the new king Philip of France. He clearly felt that it would have been better not to besiege the city in the first place, but that once the siege was begun it should have been carried through to completion. The same stronghold was besieged in 1136, when miners again attempted to demolish the walls. Therefore, it becomes a prudent idea not to practice scorched earth policies when besieging an enemy city. In March 1628 a Spanish army besieged its key fortress of Casale, while a Piedmontese force occupied the remainder of the duchy. So the order is to besiege civilian areas and use food and water as a weapon. For the entire morning and much of the afternoon, Central Security forces besieged the city centre. When you besiege a city by an army, you're just making them integrate together, and there will be a code of warriors trying to fight for their lives, which is wrong. Minos besieged his town and his daughter Scylla cut the lock from his head and offered it to him. Three assaults on Richmond by Grant were repelled by Lee, after which Union forces besieged the Confederate capital through the winter. The city of Lyon refused to carry out instructions from Paris and the city was besieged for two months. In a running battle that took a heavy toll of British soldiers' lives, the New England militia forced the redcoats back to Boston and besieged the port city. As Hannibal's army ravaged the Italian countryside and besieged allied cities and towns, the Roman army followed it at a safe distance. Synonyms lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade, surround shut off, block off archaic invest 1.1 Surround and harass. she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen 她一整天都被记者缠住。 Example sentencesExamples His latest comments came as he was besieged by journalists after a fringe meeting in Bournemouth, forcing him to take refuge in the party press office. An early morning taxi takes us to the bus station, where I am besieged by beggars. His time in Lincoln gave him great pleasure, though he recalls how famine struck the area whilst he was there, and his study was besieged by beggars. Carpetbaggers were besieging offices and harassing staff. Once the story broke I was absolutely besieged by the media and spent several days recording TV and radio interviews, and speaking to reporters and feature writers on various newspapers and magazines. The couple were again besieged by the media when their split was announced seven years ago. The production wasn't so much beset as besieged by difficulties. ‘We were quite literally besieged for about two weeks, with newsmen camped on the doorstep, invading our offices and telephoning at the rate of one a minute,’ he wrote. This being the recognised time to give alms, I was besieged by beggars, who spread their napkins before us on the ground, sprinkled with a few coppers to excite generosity. A holiday in Peru turns into an endurance test, as a whole sequence of health problems besiege me throughout, and for several weeks thereafter. To add salt to his wounds, he's besieged by 'journalists' interrogating him about his golden handshake and gambling habit. From the day that Rupert's name was mentioned in the media, even before our address had become public, I was besieged by journalists from all over the world. He had appeared at the exam boards news conference and was immediately besieged by journalists who had been unable to find a clear story from the raw statistics and hoped he might provide one. We have got babies left on railway platforms, and in drains and garbage bins, and children bitten by dogs and besieged by disease and affliction. Why haven't they been plagued or decimated by the problems that have besieged other teams, including those with terrific coaching and front-office staffs? Synonyms surround, mob, crowd round, swarm round, throng round, ring round, encircle hem in, shut in set upon, fall upon oppress, torment, torture, rack, plague, afflict, harrow, beset, beleaguer, trouble, bedevil, cause suffering to, prey on, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on, gnaw at, nag at, haunt 1.2be besieged Be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints. 被（大量要求或抱怨）扰得应接不暇（或焦头烂额） the television station was besieged with calls 电视台里电话应接不暇。 Example sentencesExamples This time of the year we are besieged with ills and chills, and tend to feel out-of-sorts and a little run down. Ayurvedic outlets are being besieged with requests for this mixture of rice gruel and medicinal herbs. The main supermarkets were besieged with people from the moment they opened their doors yesterday. Publicans have been besieged with complaints about unpleasant smells in their establishments since the ban on smoking in public places was introduced last month. I know you've been besieged with requests and we do appreciate it. CBS television, which showed the championship game, quickly apologised after being besieged with complaints. Suddenly my agent in England is besieged with calls. However, the very next day she was besieged with complaints from her disappointed newlyweds, and conceded the great wisdom needed for making a match that leads to a happy marriage. For months, we were besieged with exaggerations, accusations, planted stories, and outright lies. Exiting Customs, we were besieged with guides, all yelling and describing their hotels. We no longer tolerate being besieged with manipulative messages that we don't want to hear and cannot respond to. With every false start on the long road to peace, economists have been besieged with calls asking whether the latest political move will prove the tonic the economy needs. Helpline workers were besieged with angry calls and hundreds of complaints have been posted on the pilots' own unofficial websites. The store was besieged with inquiries about it and the short supply we had dwindled and disappeared. In the late eighties, the television channel was besieged with complaints that its videos were too full of content inappropriate for younger kids. Makeshift clinics have been besieged with thousands of victims turning up with pneumonia and diarrhoea. Every time a D-Day anniversary approaches, he is besieged with requests from journalists and researchers seeking interviews. The New York authorities have been besieged with requests for material salvaged from Ground Zero. Angry customers have besieged a postal watchdog with complaints about dumped and missing mail. So drivers are increasingly being besieged with mailshots, particularly as their policy comes up for renewal. Synonyms overwhelm, inundate, deluge, flood, swamp, snow under bombard Derivatives besieger noun bɪˈsiːdʒəbəˈsidʒər The besiegers suffered heavy casualties in every assault, while the besieged were forced to call on the services of the old and young who were normally excused military duties. Example sentencesExamples The besiegers grew increasingly desperate during the late winter and early spring as supplies ran terribly short. The defenders ran out of ammunition while the Royalist besiegers kept up the bombardment as though determined to destroy everything opposing them. It also raised the possibility of forcing back the besiegers. The attack, when it came, was ill co-ordinated, and the city resisted with more determination than its besiegers had ever expected. Origin Middle English: alteration (by change of prefix) of assiege, from Old French asegier. Rhymes liege, prestige, siege Definition of besiege in US English: besiege verbbəˈsidʒbəˈsēj [with object] 1Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to. 围攻（某地）；包围 the guerrillas continued to besiege other major cities to the north Example sentencesExamples York was at the centre of an epic battle for control of the north of England that year, after the Royalist forces in the city were besieged during the spring. Battle lines were drawn: Henry brought up forces to besiege the town, while Henry the Younger was joined by troops from his brother Geoffrey and the new king Philip of France. So the order is to besiege civilian areas and use food and water as a weapon. For the entire morning and much of the afternoon, Central Security forces besieged the city centre. In March 1628 a Spanish army besieged its key fortress of Casale, while a Piedmontese force occupied the remainder of the duchy. When you besiege a city by an army, you're just making them integrate together, and there will be a code of warriors trying to fight for their lives, which is wrong. The town was besieged and taken, but later fell into disuse. The city was besieged by Parliamentarian forces trying to starve the Royalists out. As Hannibal's army ravaged the Italian countryside and besieged allied cities and towns, the Roman army followed it at a safe distance. The city of Lyon refused to carry out instructions from Paris and the city was besieged for two months. Therefore, it becomes a prudent idea not to practice scorched earth policies when besieging an enemy city. He clearly felt that it would have been better not to besiege the city in the first place, but that once the siege was begun it should have been carried through to completion. Minos besieged his town and his daughter Scylla cut the lock from his head and offered it to him. The same stronghold was besieged in 1136, when miners again attempted to demolish the walls. A considerable British force was besieged at Kut and surrendered in April 1916. In a running battle that took a heavy toll of British soldiers' lives, the New England militia forced the redcoats back to Boston and besieged the port city. Three assaults on Richmond by Grant were repelled by Lee, after which Union forces besieged the Confederate capital through the winter. This style of warfare, with its double lines of siege works often constructed on a scale almost as elaborate as the defences of the place being besieged, could frequently consume entire campaigns. Meanwhile, the main body of the army was besieging the great city which was finally conquered after seven months. While state security forces besieged the village and cut phone lines to prevent communication with the outside world, he sent in trucks full of hired thugs to take control. Synonyms lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade, surround 1.1 Crowd around oppressively; surround and harass. 拥在…周围；围困，纠缠 she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen 她一整天都被记者缠住。 Example sentencesExamples Why haven't they been plagued or decimated by the problems that have besieged other teams, including those with terrific coaching and front-office staffs? From the day that Rupert's name was mentioned in the media, even before our address had become public, I was besieged by journalists from all over the world. His time in Lincoln gave him great pleasure, though he recalls how famine struck the area whilst he was there, and his study was besieged by beggars. ‘We were quite literally besieged for about two weeks, with newsmen camped on the doorstep, invading our offices and telephoning at the rate of one a minute,’ he wrote. Once the story broke I was absolutely besieged by the media and spent several days recording TV and radio interviews, and speaking to reporters and feature writers on various newspapers and magazines. A holiday in Peru turns into an endurance test, as a whole sequence of health problems besiege me throughout, and for several weeks thereafter. We have got babies left on railway platforms, and in drains and garbage bins, and children bitten by dogs and besieged by disease and affliction. To add salt to his wounds, he's besieged by 'journalists' interrogating him about his golden handshake and gambling habit. An early morning taxi takes us to the bus station, where I am besieged by beggars. This being the recognised time to give alms, I was besieged by beggars, who spread their napkins before us on the ground, sprinkled with a few coppers to excite generosity. Carpetbaggers were besieging offices and harassing staff. He had appeared at the exam boards news conference and was immediately besieged by journalists who had been unable to find a clear story from the raw statistics and hoped he might provide one. The production wasn't so much beset as besieged by difficulties. The couple were again besieged by the media when their split was announced seven years ago. His latest comments came as he was besieged by journalists after a fringe meeting in Bournemouth, forcing him to take refuge in the party press office. Synonyms surround, mob, crowd round, swarm round, throng round, ring round, encircle oppress, torment, torture, rack, plague, afflict, harrow, beset, beleaguer, trouble, bedevil, cause suffering to, prey on, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on, gnaw at, nag at, haunt 1.2be besieged Be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints. 被（大量要求或抱怨）扰得应接不暇（或焦头烂额） the television station was besieged with calls 电视台里电话应接不暇。 Example sentencesExamples Makeshift clinics have been besieged with thousands of victims turning up with pneumonia and diarrhoea. Publicans have been besieged with complaints about unpleasant smells in their establishments since the ban on smoking in public places was introduced last month. This time of the year we are besieged with ills and chills, and tend to feel out-of-sorts and a little run down. We no longer tolerate being besieged with manipulative messages that we don't want to hear and cannot respond to. Ayurvedic outlets are being besieged with requests for this mixture of rice gruel and medicinal herbs. So drivers are increasingly being besieged with mailshots, particularly as their policy comes up for renewal. The New York authorities have been besieged with requests for material salvaged from Ground Zero. Angry customers have besieged a postal watchdog with complaints about dumped and missing mail. The main supermarkets were besieged with people from the moment they opened their doors yesterday. Suddenly my agent in England is besieged with calls. For months, we were besieged with exaggerations, accusations, planted stories, and outright lies. I know you've been besieged with requests and we do appreciate it. Every time a D-Day anniversary approaches, he is besieged with requests from journalists and researchers seeking interviews. However, the very next day she was besieged with complaints from her disappointed newlyweds, and conceded the great wisdom needed for making a match that leads to a happy marriage. CBS television, which showed the championship game, quickly apologised after being besieged with complaints. The store was besieged with inquiries about it and the short supply we had dwindled and disappeared. Exiting Customs, we were besieged with guides, all yelling and describing their hotels. With every false start on the long road to peace, economists have been besieged with calls asking whether the latest political move will prove the tonic the economy needs. Helpline workers were besieged with angry calls and hundreds of complaints have been posted on the pilots' own unofficial websites. In the late eighties, the television channel was besieged with complaints that its videos were too full of content inappropriate for younger kids. Synonyms overwhelm, inundate, deluge, flood, swamp, snow under Origin Middle English: alteration (by change of prefix) of assiege, from Old French asegier.
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