besieged

[US]/bi'sidʒd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. înconjurat de forțe inamice; tulburat sau copleșit de dificultăți (participiu trecut)
Word Forms
Past Participlebesieged
Past Tensebesieged

Phrases & Collocations

besieged city

oraș asediat

besieged fortress

cetate asediată

Example Sentences

The superstar was besieged by reporters.

Superstarul a fost asediat de reporteri.

the television station was besieged with calls.

Stația de televiziune a fost asediată cu telefoane.

succor a besieged city

ajutor pentru un oraș asediat

She was besieged by problems.

Ea a fost asediată de probleme.

doubts that besieged him

dubii care l-au asediat

The enemy were besieged by us.

Inamicul a fost asediat de noi.

she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen.

ea și-a petrecut toată ziua asediată de reporteri.

they struggled to supply the besieged island with aircraft.

ei s-au străduit să aprovizioneze insula asediată cu aeronave.

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troia a fost asediată de greci timp de zece ani.

Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.

Reporterii l-au asediat pe câștigător pentru interviuri.

Food supplies were running low in the besieged town.

Rezervele de alimente scădeau în orașul asediat.

The professor was besieged with questions from his students.

Profesorul a fost asediat cu întrebări din partea studenților săi.

Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous writer.

Sute de admiratori l-au asediat pe scriitorul celebru.

Citizens were forced to flee the besieged city.

Cetățenii au fost forțați să fugă din orașul asediat.

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

Comunitatea a asediat ziarul cu scrisori despre editorialul său recent.

Real-world Examples

Good evening, my besieged Ruburt, my besieged Joseph.

Bună seara, Ruburt asediatul meu, Joseph asediatul meu.

Source: The Early Sessions

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troia a fost asediată de greci timp de zece ani.

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

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

Suntem asediați de oameni care își fac singuri reparațiile și vor să-și îmbunătățească casele.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

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

Adevărat, Yankees sub conducerea lui Grant asediau Vicksburg din mijlocul lunii mai.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

Profesorul a fost asediat cu întrebări și solicitări din partea elevilor.

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.

A implorat-o să obțină asistență pentru persoanele din cartierele rebelilor asediați.

Source: BBC Listening December 2016 Collection

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

Majoritatea locurilor sunt greu de ajuns, deoarece sunt asediate de forțele regimului și de aliații lor.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

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

Numeroși civili sunt în mare parte izolați în orașe asediate, inclusiv Homs.

Source: NPR News February 2014 Compilation

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

S-au închis într-un castel și armatele lui Margaret i-au asediat.

Source: Realm of Legends

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

Mai mulți pacienți sirieni grav bolnavi au fost evacuați dintr-o zonă rebelă asediată, în apropiere de Damasc.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2017

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