siege

英 [si?d?] 美[sid?]

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復(fù)數(shù):?sieges;

圍攻 siege 四擊(四面圍著攻擊)

siege 包圍，圍攻，封鎖

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) sege,座位，來(lái)自通俗拉丁語(yǔ)*sedicum,座位，來(lái)自 sedere,坐下，詞源同 set,sit,seat. 引申比喻義包圍，封鎖，字面意思即即軍隊(duì)在包圍的城墻四周安營(yíng)扎寨。

siege (n.): early 13c., "a seat" (as in Siege Perilous, early 13c., the vacant seat at Arthur's Round Table, according to prophecy to be occupied safely only by the knight destined to find the Holy Grail), from Old French sege "seat, throne," from Vulgar Latin *sedicum "seat," from Latin sedere "sit" (see sedentary). The military sense is attested from c. 1300; the notion is of an army "sitting down" before a fortress.

1. The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.: 法官說(shuō)警方對(duì)圍攻安排不當(dāng)。

2. They are hopeful of bringing the siege to a peaceful conclusion.: 他們希望能和平結(jié)束這次圍困。

3. The journalists found a city virtually under siege.: 記者發(fā)現(xiàn)的是一個(gè)幾乎被圍困的城市。