Besieged

(adj.) surrounded by hostile forces; 'the besieged town' .

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• They did not sit down to be besieged while the mutineers organized and gathered prestige; that would have lost them India for ever. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And now, the sea, late our defence, seems our prison bound; hemmed in by its gulphs, we shall die like the famished inhabitants of a besieged town. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We are regularly besieged. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• This the Romans besieged, and a period of trench warfare ensued. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The position occupied by the Army of the Cumberland had been made very strong for defence during the months it had been besieged. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Hooker's position in Lookout Valley was absolutely essential to us so long as Chattanooga was besieged. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Of course we were besieged by a rabble of muscular Egyptians and Arabs who wanted the contract of dragging us to the top--all tourists are. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• While General Taylor was away with the bulk of his army, the little garrison up the river was besieged. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They shouted their opinion of the whole business to the besieged. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Dobbin, who was thus vigorously besieged, was in the meanwhile in a state of the most odious tranquillity. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The ladders are thrown down, replied Rebecca, shuddering; the soldiers lie grovelling under them like crushed reptiles--The besieged have the better. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• This timber was struck six or eight miles out from the besieged garrison, at a point known as Palo Alto--Tall trees or woods. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In 1529 the Turks besieged Vienna, and were defeated rather by the weather than by the defenders. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They appointed Camillus, who had besieged and taken Veii from the Etruscans. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A genteel foraging party besieged Shirley in her castle, and compelled her to surrender at discretion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• About the 5th of July he was besieged again, Sherman getting easy possession of the Chattahoochee River both above and below him. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The German army invaded France, failed to take Marseilles, fell back into Italy, lost Milan, and was besieged in Pavia. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Mr. Jos was away, being besieged by an Irish widow at Cheltenham. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Finally he found himself and Cleopatra besieged by Octavian in Alexandria. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Burnside was in about as desperate a condition as the Army of the Cumberland had been, only he was not yet besieged. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Royalty was gone; had been besieged in its Palace and suspended, when the last tidings came over. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He reached this latter place on the 14th of February, while Donelson was still besieged. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• When thus prostrate, temptations besieged her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He was out of spirits and slightly out of temper, and a haunting horror of doing the same thing every day at the same hour besieged his brain. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Practically, the Army of the Cumberland was besieged. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• After McPherson crossed the Big Black at Hankinson's ferry Vicksburg could have been approached and besieged by the south side. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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