beleaguering
中文解釋
wordnet sense
Collocation Usage
Collins Definition
Verb
beleaguering, present participle; beleaguers, 3rd person singular present; beleaguered, past participle; beleaguered, past tense;
/biˈlēgər/,
Font size: 
beleaguering, present participle; beleaguers, 3rd person singular present; beleaguered, past participle; beleaguered, past tense;
-
Lay siege to
- - he is leading a relief force to the aid of the beleaguered city
-
Beset with difficulties
- - the board is supporting the beleaguered director amid calls for his resignation
Web Definitions:
- siege: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
- (beleaguered) Plagued; beset by trouble or difficulty
- (Beleaguered) A member of an organized element that has been surrounded by a hostile force preventing the escape of the organized element’s members.
- (Beleaguered) (adj) feeling harassed, feel under sever pressure
- demonizing, equalizing, legalizing, mediating, penalizing, realizing, repackaging, stevedoring, subpoenaing, theorizing, torpedoing