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besiege 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/biˈsēj/,
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besieged, past tense; besieged, past participle; besieges, 3rd person singular present; besieging, present participle;
  1. Surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender; lay siege to
    • - the guerrillas continued to besiege other major cities to the north
    • - the besieged city
  2. Crowd around oppressively; surround and harass
    • - she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen
  3. Be inundated by large numbers of requests or complaints
    • - the television station was besieged with calls
  1. surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
  2. cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"
  3. harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"
  4. (besieged) surrounded by hostile forces; "the besieged town"
  5. (besieging) siege: the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
  6. A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by attrition or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit". ...
  7. (Besieged (film)) Besieged (Italian title: L'assedio) is a 1998 film by Bernardo Bertolucci starring Thandie Newton and David Thewlis.
  8. To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer; To beleaguer, lay siege to, beset; to assail or ply, as with requests or demands
  9. (Besieged) (v.) to crowd around: "Other days, Mariam was besieged with anger" (84).
  10. (Besieged) A benefic planet situated between two malefics, within orbs of each, is said to be besieged and therefore unfortunately placed. Some authorities restrict its application to a Significator when between and within orbs of two benefics. ...
  11. (Besieged) a play written by Iowa's Kirkwood Community College staff member, Pamela Edwards, was performed by the theatre department in 2010. It covers President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover's early years of marriage spent in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
  12. (Besiegement) if a Significator is between two malefics, it is besieged. It is not at all clear how large an orb should be allowed for this. The concept for besieged is: between a rock and a hard place. A besieged planet is not free to act as it is hemmed in on all sides.
  13. (Besieging) "this I think need no Explanation, for every Souldier understands it; as suppose Saturn in 10 deg. Jupiter in 12 deg. and Mars in 13 deg. of Leo; here Jupiter is besieged by Saturn and Mars." [PA]
  14. (besieging) decreasing, earmarking, eavesdropping, effecting, emerging, equaling, featuring, freelancing, freestanding, freewheeling, freewheeling, leapfrogging, meatpacking, peacekeeping, peacemaking, previewing, realizing, relaying, retailing, screenwriting, seagoing, seesawing, sequencing, ...
  15. to cut off all access or egress from a town or fortress for the purpose of capturing it and of forcing its defenders to surrender; to lay siege to.
  16. To surround with armed forces and attack.
  17. to close in on; crowd around.