The general was as warmly received as if New York had been in astateofsiege and no other general was to be got for love or money.
人们那么热情地接待将军，好像纽约城已经被敌人围困而无论怎样再也请不到一个将军似的。
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After six months of fighting and with five months of aerial support from NATO, the rebels had brought Colonel Qaddafi's capital into what was in effect astateofsiege.
经过六个月的战斗和北约5个月来的空中支援，反对派把卡扎菲上校的首都变成了一座孤城。
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Which isn't to say that men aren't susceptible to disease, but I don't know that they live in a permanent stateof health-siege like we do.