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单词 beleaguer
释义
beleaguer
verb[T]
formal
uk
/bɪˈliː.ɡər/us
/bɪˈliː.ɡɚ/
tocausea lot ofproblemsordifficultiesfor someone:
困扰，使烦恼
We haveissuesinourcommunitythatcontinuetoplagueand beleaguer us.一些社会问题不断困扰、折磨着我们。
tosurroundsomeone inordertoattackthem:
围困（以伺进攻）
They werebeleagueredbyenemyarmies.他们遭到敌军围困。
More examples
  • Conflicts anduncertaintiesbeleagueredthecourtduring theweeksfollowingthe King'sdeath.
  • Aplagueofdoveshitthetownin 1896,devouringcropsand beleaguering thepeople.
  • This is anissuethat hasbeleagueredtheshellfishindustryforyears.
  • They arechargedtolieinwait, beleaguer theenemy, andattackhim when he isinattentive.
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  • fall intosomething
  • flounder
  • frying pan
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  • multiproblem
  • not have a leg to stand onidiom
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
Attacking & invading
(Definition ofbeleaguerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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All over the country adult education is beleaguered and under siege: it is high time the cavalry came over the hill.
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The community itself must have felt beleaguered by the spectre of racism and seemingly ignored by those who should have been its protectors.
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They are forever beleaguered by demands, entreaties and supplications from all and sundry for infinite amounts of money to come from finite resources.
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There is a different atmosphere in many of the schools that were beleaguered before 1997 and a new sense of optimism.
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He is especially beleaguered at the moment and it is as if he can do nothing right.
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He is, of course, beleaguered by all the large authorities with overspill problems.
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As my noble friend has just indicated, there is much that can be justified when our national citadel is beleaguered which cannot possibly be justified under normal conditions.
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The city's once extensive library system has been beleaguered by financial difficulties.
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The city's once extensive library system has been beleaguered by financial difficulties and in 2010 it threatened to close, but was incorporated by the county system.
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The authors, beleaguered in their own country, appear to be equally wary of their prospective audience elsewhere.
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Trouble grew between the family whose house was beleaguered each night and the unwelcome street visitors.
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By the mid-1940s, therefore, the jobbers found themselves beleaguered on every front.
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At the same time, the public believed they were beleaguered by crime.
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Rulers, however beleaguered, still wanted to be treated as patrons, but although singers kept up the old obsequious language they felt freer in practice to do what suited them.
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In the meantime, professionals, who were clearly feeling beleaguered and threatened, took concerted and strong action on certain aspects, especially as they related to practice guidelines.
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