Beleaguer
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 围攻
- ［英］ v. 围攻 ( to besiege by encircling)
- ［类］ 反义词: delight ( 高兴)
- ［记］ be+leaguer ( 围攻的部队或兵营) -> 围攻
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-guered; beleaguering)
- Etymology: Dutch belegeren, from be- (akin to Old English be-) + leger camp; akin to Old High German legar bed — more at lair
- Date: 1587
- 1. besiege
- 2. trouble, harass <beleaguered parents><an economically beleaguered city>
- ? beleaguerment noun
