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beleaguer 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/biˈlēgər/,
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beleaguering, present participle; beleaguers, 3rd person singular present; beleaguered, past participle; beleaguered, past tense;
  1. Lay siege to
    • - he is leading a relief force to the aid of the beleaguered city
  2. Beset with difficulties
    • - the board is supporting the beleaguered director amid calls for his resignation
  1. tease: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
  2. besiege: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
  3. (beleaguering) siege: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
  4. To besiege; to surround with troops; To vex, harass, or beset
  5. (beleaguered) Plagued; beset by trouble or difficulty
  6. (Beleaguered) A member of an organized element that has been surrounded by a hostile force preventing the escape of the organized element’s members.
  7. (Beleaguered) (adj) feeling harassed, feel under sever pressure
  8. (beleaguering) demonizing, equalizing, legalizing, mediating, penalizing, realizing, repackaging, stevedoring, subpoenaing, theorizing, torpedoing
  9. To exhaust with attacks.