
包圍,圍攻;努力追求
Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it.
我們的戰略并非是正面對抗,而是四面包圍。
That's the place those Death Eater creatures tried to lay siege to recently, isn't it?
那地方就是那些食死徒最近想要圍殲的地方,不是麼?
Chiang-Nan seven strangely lay siege to, fly the poison pinprick of a day bat in my double eye.
江南七怪的圍攻,飛天蝙蝠的毒針刺中了我的雙眼。
They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down.
他們必将你困在你各城裡,直到你所倚靠,高大堅固的城牆都被攻塌。
People lay siege to the food that have high-quality and function, at the same time of eating well and eating ones fill.
人們在吃飽吃好的同時,努力追求高品質和功能性兼具的食品。
|encirclement/besiegement;包圍,圍攻;努力追求
"lay siege to"是一個源自軍事領域的英語短語,字面含義指通過包圍和持續性攻擊來占領某個據點,現代語境中已發展出比喻用法。該短語由三部分構成:
權威文獻如《大英百科全書》的"中世紀戰争"條目顯示,典型圍城戰持續時間從數周到數年不等,包含建立防禦工事、切斷補給線等多重戰術(來源:Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Siege Warfare'詞條)。語言學家David Crystal在《英語的故事》中特别提到,該短語的比喻用法在19世紀工業革命時期開始流行,反映社會沖突形态的變化。
"Lay siege to" 是一個英語動詞短語,其含義和用法如下:
字面含義
指軍事上對某地(如城堡、城市)發動長期圍困,通過切斷補給和持續攻擊迫使對方投降。例如:
In 1453, the Ottoman army laid siege to Constantinople, leading to the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
比喻含義
現代常用于形容對某人或某事物發起猛烈、持續的批評或壓力。例如:
Protesters laid siege to the government building for days, demanding policy changes.
語法結構
同義詞
軍事語境:besiege, blockade
比喻語境:harass, bombard(如:bombard someone with questions)
注意事項
該短語多用于正式或文學場景,日常口語中更常用簡單詞彙(如 surround、pressure)。在比喻用法時,需通過上下文明确攻擊的性質(如輿論壓力、持續質疑等)。
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