besieged

[US]/bi'sidʒd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. dikelilingi oleh kekuatan musuh; bermasalah atau dilimpahi dengan kesulitan (kata kerja bentuk lampau)
Word Forms
Past Participlebesieged
Past Tensebesieged

Phrases & Collocations

besieged city

bandar yang diserang

besieged fortress

benteng yang diserang

Example Sentences

The superstar was besieged by reporters.

Pelakon terkenal itu dikepung oleh wartawan.

the television station was besieged with calls.

Stesen televisyen itu dibanjiri panggilan.

succor a besieged city

menyelamatkan sebuah bandar yang dikepung

She was besieged by problems.

Dia dikepung oleh masalah.

doubts that besieged him

keraguan yang menghantuinya

The enemy were besieged by us.

Musuh-musuh dikepung oleh kami.

she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen.

dia menghabiskan seluruh hari dikepung oleh wartawan.

they struggled to supply the besieged island with aircraft.

mereka berusaha keras untuk menyediakan pulau yang dikepung dengan pesawat terbang.

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troya dikepung oleh orang Greek selama sepuluh tahun.

Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.

Wartawan mengepung pemenang untuk wawancara.

Food supplies were running low in the besieged town.

Perbekalan makanan semakin menipis di bandar yang dikepung.

The professor was besieged with questions from his students.

Profesor itu dibanjiri soalan daripada pelajar-pelajarnya.

Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous writer.

Ratusan peminat mengepung penulis terkenal itu.

Citizens were forced to flee the besieged city.

Warga-warga terpaksa melarikan diri dari bandar yang dikepung.

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

Komuniti itu mengepung surat khabar dengan surat-surat tentang editorial terbarunya.

Real-world Examples

Good evening, my besieged Ruburt, my besieged Joseph.

Selamat petang, Ruburt saya yang disekat, Joseph saya yang disekat.

Source: The Early Sessions

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troy disekat oleh orang Greek selama sepuluh tahun.

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

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

Kami disekat oleh mereka yang suka melakukan sendiri yang ingin mempercantikkan rumah mereka.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

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

Benar, pasukan Yankee di bawah Grant telah mengepung Vicksburg sejak pertengahan Mei.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

Guru itu dibanjiri dengan soalan dan permintaan daripada murid.

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.

Dia memohon padanya untuk mendapatkan bantuan dengan orang-orang di kawasan kejiranan yang disekat dan dikuasai oleh pemberontak.

Source: BBC Listening December 2016 Collection

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

Kebanyakan tempat-tempat itu sukar untuk dicapai kerana mereka disekat oleh pasukan rejim dan sekutu mereka.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

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

Banyak orang awam terputus sepenuhnya di bandar-bandar yang disekat termasuk Homs.

Source: NPR News February 2014 Compilation

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

Mereka mengurung diri mereka di dalam istana dan tentera Margaret mengepung mereka.

Source: Realm of Legends

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

Lebih ramai pesakit Syria yang sakit parah telah dipindahkan dari kawasan yang disekat dan dikuasai oleh pemberontak berhampiran Damascus.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2017

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