besieged

[US]/bi'sidʒd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. omgivet af fjendtlige styrker; plaget eller overvældet af vanskeligheder (datid).
Word Forms
Past Participlebesieged
Past Tensebesieged

Phrases & Collocations

besieged city

belejret by

besieged fortress

belejret fæstning

Example Sentences

The superstar was besieged by reporters.

Superstjernen var belejret af reportere.

the television station was besieged with calls.

Tv-stationen var oversvømmet af opkald.

succor a besieged city

hjælpe en belejret by

She was besieged by problems.

Hun var belejret af problemer.

doubts that besieged him

tvivl der hjemsøgte ham

The enemy were besieged by us.

Fjenden var belejret af os.

she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen.

Hun tilbragte hele dagen belejret af journalister.

they struggled to supply the besieged island with aircraft.

De kæmpede for at forsyne den belejrede ø med fly.

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troja var belejret af grækerne i ti år.

Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.

Reportere belejrede vinderen for interviews.

Food supplies were running low in the besieged town.

Madforsyningen var ved at løbe tør i den belejrede by.

The professor was besieged with questions from his students.

Professoren var oversvømmet af spørgsmål fra sine studerende.

Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous writer.

Hundredvis af beundrere belejrede den berømte forfatter.

Citizens were forced to flee the besieged city.

Borgere blev tvunget til at flygte fra den belejrede by.

The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial.

Lokalsamfundet belejrede avisen med breve om dens seneste redaktionelle artikel.

Real-world Examples

Good evening, my besieged Ruburt, my besieged Joseph.

God aften, min belejrede Ruburt, min belejrede Joseph.

Source: The Early Sessions

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troja var belejret af grækerne i ti år.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

We are besieged by do-it-yourselfers wanting to spruce up their homes.

Vi er belejret af gør-det-selv-folk, der ønsker at opfriske deres hjem.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

True, the Yankees under Grant had been besieging Vicksburg since the middle of May.

Det er rigtigt, at Yankees under Grant havde belejret Vicksburg siden midten af maj.

Source: Gone with the Wind

The teacher was besieged with the questions and requests from pupils.

Læreren var belejret med spørgsmål og anmodninger fra elever.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

He pleaded with it to secure assistance with people of the besieged rebel-held neighborhoods.

Han bad om det for at sikre hjælp til folk i de belejrede, rebelfangne kvarterer.

Source: BBC Listening December 2016 Collection

Most of those places are hard to reach because they are besieged by regime forces and their allies.

De fleste af disse steder er svære at nå, fordi de er belejret af regeringsstyrker og deres allierede.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

Scores of civilians are largely cut off in besieged cities include Homs.

Tal af civile er i vid udstrækning afskåret i belejrede byer, herunder Homs.

Source: NPR News February 2014 Compilation

They locked themselves up in a castle and the armies of Margaret besieged them.

De låste sig selv inde i et slot, og Margarets hære belejrede dem.

Source: Realm of Legends

More critically ill Syrian patients have been evacuated from a besieged rebel-held area near Damascus.

Flere kritisk syge syriske patienter er blevet evakueret fra et belejret, rebelfanget område nær Damaskus.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2017

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