English Dictionary

besiege

IPA（発音記号）

/bəˈsiːd͡ʒ/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer. / (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.

日本語の意味

軍事的な包囲を行う、すなわち、武装勢力で取り囲んで降伏を強要する、包囲攻撃をする。 / 比喩的に、窮地に陥れる、悩ませる、攻め込むように困難な状況を作り出す。

Commanders planned to besiege the fortress at dawn to cut off all supply lines.

司令官たちは、すべての補給線を断つために夜明けにその要塞を包囲する計画を立てた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.

When it arrived, the train was headed by a K class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.

意味（3）

to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

besieges （ present singular third-person ）

besieging （ participle present ）

besieged （ participle past ）

besieged （ past ）