beleaguer
beleaguer
verb
verb
- [with obj.][usu. as adj. beleaguered]lay siege to
包围，围困，围攻
he is leading a relief force to the aid of the beleaguered city.
他率领救援队伍去解救被困之城。
■put in a very difficult situation
使处于困境，困扰
the board is supporting the beleaguered director amid calls for his resignation.
正在这位董事被一片要求他辞职的呼声所困扰之时，董事会却在支持他。
- late 16th cent.: from Dutch belegeren 'camp round', from be- ('all) about' + leger 'a camp'
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