| 词汇 | beleaguer |
| 释义 | beleaguer verb[ T ] formaluk /bɪˈliː.ɡər/ us /bɪˈliː.ɡɚ/ to cause a lot of problems or difficulties for someone: 困扰，使烦恼 We have issues in our community that continue to plague and beleaguer us.一些社会问题不断困扰、折磨着我们。 to surround someone in order to attack them: 围困（以伺进攻） They were beleaguered by enemy armies.他们遭到敌军围困。 Conflicts and uncertainties beleaguered the court during the weeks following the King's death. A plague of doves hit the town in 1896, devouring crops and beleaguering the people. This is an issue that has beleaguered the shellfish industry for years. They are charged to lie in wait, beleaguer the enemy, and attack him when he is inattentive. Experiencing difficulties be be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom be climbing the wallsidiom be for the high jumpidiom be/come up against a brick wallidiom flounder frying pan fumble fun go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patchidiom jungle leg on a razor edgeidiom out of the frying pan into the fireidiom pickle pressed prob rocky sticky strand You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Enclosing, surrounding and immersing Attacking & invading Examples of beleaguerbeleaguer All over the country adult education is beleaguered and under siege: it is high time the cavalry came over the hill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The community itself must have felt beleaguered by the spectre of racism and seemingly ignored by those who should have been its protectors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are forever beleaguered by demands, entreaties and supplications from all and sundry for infinite amounts of money to come from finite resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a different atmosphere in many of the schools that were beleaguered before 1997 and a new sense of optimism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is especially beleaguered at the moment and it is as if he can do nothing right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is, of course, beleaguered by all the large authorities with overspill problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As my noble friend has just indicated, there is much that can be justified when our national citadel is beleaguered which cannot possibly be justified under normal conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The city's once extensive library system has been beleaguered by financial difficulties. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The city's once extensive library system has been beleaguered by financial difficulties and in 2010 it threatened to close, but was incorporated by the county system. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The authors, beleaguered in their own country, appear to be equally wary of their prospective audience elsewhere. Trouble grew between the family whose house was beleaguered each night and the unwelcome street visitors. By the mid-1940s, therefore, the jobbers found themselves beleaguered on every front. At the same time, the public believed they were beleaguered by crime. Rulers, however beleaguered, still wanted to be treated as patrons, but although singers kept up the old obsequious language they felt freer in practice to do what suited them. In the meantime, professionals, who were clearly feeling beleaguered and threatened, took concerted and strong action on certain aspects, especially as they related to practice guidelines. See all examples of beleaguer These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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