Besiege

(verb.) harass, as with questions or requests; 'The press photographers besieged the movie star'.

(verb.) surround so as to force to give up; 'The Turks besieged Vienna'.

(verb.) cause to feel distressed or worried; 'She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged'.

整理:马库斯

• As I hoped in the end to besiege Vicksburg I must first destroy all possibility of aid. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They did not sit down to be besieged while the mutineers organized and gathered prestige; that would have lost them India for ever. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And now, the sea, late our defence, seems our prison bound; hemmed in by its gulphs, we shall die like the famished inhabitants of a besieged town. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We are regularly besieged. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• This the Romans besieged, and a period of trench warfare ensued. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The position occupied by the Army of the Cumberland had been made very strong for defence during the months it had been besieged. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Hooker's position in Lookout Valley was absolutely essential to us so long as Chattanooga was besieged. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Of course we were besieged by a rabble of muscular Egyptians and Arabs who wanted the contract of dragging us to the top--all tourists are. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Richmond was fortified and intrenched so perfectly that one man inside to defend was more than equal to five outside besieging or assaulting. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We were now looking west, besieging Pemberton, while we were also looking east to defend ourselves against an expected siege by Johnston. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They did so, and the besieging party grew noisy and more and more abusive as the fact became apparent (to them) that our men were afraid to come out. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They had shut up the inhabitants of a village and a Turkish garrison in an old fort near Jericho, and were besieging them. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We were, for the time, practically two armies besieging. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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