siege

[US]/siːdʒ/
[UK]/siːdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. belejring; omringning
vt. at belejre; at omringe
Word Forms
Pluralsieges

Phrases & Collocations

lay siege to

belejre

break the siege

bryd belejringen

under siege

under belejring

end the siege

afslut belejringen

besieged city

belejret by

raise the siege

ophæv belejringen

Example Sentences

a siege of asthma.

en belejring af astma.

an exhaustive siege of illness

en grundig belejring af sygdom

the siege ended peacefully.

belejringen sluttede fredeligt.

Verdun had withstood a siege of ten weeks.

Verdun havde modstået en belejring på ti uger.

a siege of 50 days 50

en belejring på 50 dage 50

A siege often brings them to terms.

En belejring bringer dem ofte til forhandling.

government forces laid siege to the building.

Regeringsstyrker belejrede bygningen.

the press laid siege to her flat.

Pressen belejrede hendes lejlighed.

a castle sieged by foot soldiers and cavalry.

et slot belejret af fodsoldater og kavalleri.

Against the wrackful siege of battering days,

Mod den voldsomme belejring af stormfulde dage,

Against the wreckful siege of battering days,

Mod den voldsomme belejring af stormfulde dage,

The enemy lay siege to the town in attempt to starve the people to death.

Fjenden belejrede byen i forsøget på at sulte befolkningen ihjel.

The city has now been under siege for more than three weeks.

Byen har nu været under belejring i mere end tre uger.

The press and paparazzi laid siege to the star’s London flat in the hope of getting a photograph of her.

Pressen og paparazzierne belejrede stjernens London-lejlighed i håb om at få et billede af hende.

The latest revelations put more pressure on the minister, who is already under siege for his economic policies.

De seneste afsløringer har lagt yderligere pres på ministeren, som allerede er under belejring for sine økonomiske politikker.

Whether one buys into the plotline of “State of Play,” that much about the movie rings true.Old-fashioned journalism is under siege in the U.S.

Uanset om man tror på handlingen i "State of Play", er der meget ved filmen, der virker sandt. Traditionel journalistik er under belejring i USA.

O, how shall summers honey breath hold outAgainst the wreckful siege of battering days,When rocks impregnable are not so stout,Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?

Åh, hvordan skal sommerens søde åndde holde udMod den voldsomme belejring af stormfulde dage,Når uindtagelige klippefremstillinger ikke er så stærke,Eller ståldøre ikke så stærke, men tiden forfalder?

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