ADJECTIVE | VERB + SIEGE | SIEGE + VERB | SIEGE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤lengthy, long, prolonged (especially BrE) 長期的圍攻▸➤four-day, ten-hour, etc. * 4 天、10 個小時等的圍攻▸➤armed, gun, police (especially BrE) 武裝包圍;炮火圍攻;警方封鎖➤economic, military經濟/軍事封鎖◇Under military and economic siege, entire economic sectors have collapsed.在軍事和經濟封鎖下,整個經濟已經崩潰。VERB + SIEGE➤lay包圍◇An angry mob laid siege to City Hall.憤怒的暴民包圍了市政廳大樓。◇The English forces laid siege to the city of Tournai.英國軍隊包圍了圖爾奈城。➤break粉碎圍攻▸➤end, lift, raise, relieve (= arrive to help the people in a siege)結束封鎖;解除圍困◇The opposition pledged to lift a siege of government buildings.反對派承諾解除對政府大樓的圍攻。◇The royal forces marched south to lift the siege of Donnington Castle.皇家部隊向南挺進以解唐寧頓城堡之圍。➤withstand抵擋住圍攻◇This fortress could withstand a siege for years if necessary.在不得已的時候,這座堡壘能抵擋住多年的圍攻。➤survive挺過圍困SIEGE + VERB➤last圍困持續◇The siege lasted two years.這次圍攻持續了兩年。➤begin, end圍困開始/結束◇The seven-hour armed siege at the school ended peacefully.對這所學校長達 7 小時的武裝封鎖以和平方式結束。SIEGE + NOUN➤warfare包圍戰▸➤engine, tower, weapon攻城機械;攻城塔;攻城武器➤mentality (figurative) 受圍心態◇His views are typical of the siege mentality of this administration.他的觀點反映了這屆政府典型的受圍心態。PREPOSITION➤at a/the siege在圍攻中◇soldiers wounded at the siege of Charleston圍攻查爾斯頓時受傷的士兵➤during a/the siege在圍困期間➤under siege受圍攻◇At the very end of the war, the city again came under siege.戰爭就快結束時這座城市再一次遭受圍困。➤siege of對⋯的圍困PHRASES➤a state of siege包圍狀態◇The police placed the city under a virtual state of siege.警方實際上已封鎖了這座城市。
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