【每日一词】beleaguer - /bɪˈliɡɚ/ vt. 主要有军事上的和非军事上的两个用法
1: besiege 包围,围攻;围困(以伺进攻) //a town beleaguered by an army,用于军事上。
2: trouble, harass 使处于困境;困扰,使烦恼 //beleaguered parents,用于形容某人或某物在压力、困境中挣扎的状态。
短语
concrete beleaguer: 混凝土缭绕 beleaguer - delight: 持续骚扰
VSS basic beleaguer syaxis: 虚构围绕声系统
例句
Civilian trap in the beleaguer city has been airlifted to safety. 被围困在城里的老百姓已空运到安全地区。
Even today, in some parts of China, it is common practice for a man to seek justice by summoning his family and their Allies to beleaguer the home of the person who wronged him. 人们受了欺负,便召来家里人和亲戚围攻仇家,这在今天中国的一些地方还是司空见惯的。
Many Minneapolis police officers saw the report as a searing indictment that deals yet another blow to a department beleaguered by low morale and a staffing shortage.—Dan Simmons, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
Officials on both sides gave figures that indicated about 16 people have died in connection with the flooding, which has added misery to the lives of Ukrainians beleaguered by the war.—Jamey Keaten, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
Meanwhile, Mono Lake, beleaguered by three years of drought, is expected to rise by several feet, a welcome reprieve as the lake has struggled to reach target levels.—Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 June 2023