知识扩展
易混词辨析
attack、blockade、siege
1.attack(动词 / 名词):“攻击;袭击(通用)”(如 attack the enemy;a surprise attack),侧重 “主动进攻,时间短”,siege 侧重 “长期包围封锁”;
2. blockade(动词 / 名词):“封锁;阻塞”(如 blockade the port;naval blockade),侧重 “切断交通 / 补给的封锁”,siege 是 “包围并攻击(如围城)”;
3. siege(名词 / 动词):“围攻;包围”(如 lay siege to a city;a siege of 30 days),特指 “长期包围敌方据点(如城市、城堡)”,搭配 “lay siege to(围攻)”,attack/blockade 无此 “长期包围” 义;
4. 注意 siege 不可用于 “短期攻击”(需用 attack)或 “单纯封锁”(需用 blockade),如不可说 “a siege on a village”(短期攻击用 “an attack on a village”)。
词语搭配
词语搭配 习语 siege与以下词性连用 prep. after a siege 围困后 during a siege 在围攻中 under siege 受围攻 v. end a siege 结束封锁 lift a siege 解除围困 n. under siege 1 被包围;被围困;被封锁 surrounded by an army or the police in a siege 2 一再遭到批评的;受…困扰的 being criticized all the time or put under pressure by problems, questions, etc. lay siege to sth 1 围困,围攻(城镇、建筑物等) to begin a siege of a town, building, etc. 2 包围(某建筑物,旨在和里面的人对话或质询) to surround a building, especially in order to speak to or question the person or people living or working there