besiege

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

Translation

Verb: kuzungukia; kuwazingira.
Word Forms
Present Participlebesieging
Past Tensebesieged
Past Participlebesieged
Third Person Singularbesieges
Pluralbesieges

Phrases & Collocations

besiege a city

kuzingira mji

Example Sentences

The superstar was besieged by reporters.

Mshauri mkuu alishushwa na waandishi wa habari.

the television station was besieged with calls.

vituo vya televisheni vilishushwa na simu nyingi.

succor a besieged city

kuwasaidia wakazi wa mji aliyejitenga

She was besieged by problems.

Alikuwa na matatizo mengi.

besiege a walled city:

kuzingira mji ulio na ukuta:

doubts that besieged him

shaka zilizomzidi

The enemy were besieged by us.

Adui walishushwa na sisi.

the king marched north to besiege Berwick.

mfalme alitembea kaskazini ili kuzingira Berwick.

she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen.

Alitumia siku nzima akishushwa na waandishi wa habari.

they struggled to supply the besieged island with aircraft.

Walijitahidi kuwapeleka ndege kisiwani ambacho kilishushwa.

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troy ilishushwa na Wagiriki kwa miaka kumi.

Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.

Waandishi wa habari walishushwa mshindi ili kupata mahojari.

Food supplies were running low in the besieged town.

Hali ya chakula ilikuwa mbaya katika mji uliosumbwa.

The professor was besieged with questions from his students.

Mwalimu alishushwa na maswali kutoka kwa wanafunzi wake.

Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous writer.

Wapenzi wengi walishushwa kwa mwandishi maarufu.

Citizens were forced to flee the besieged city.

Watu walazimika kukimbia mji uliosumbwa.

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

Jamii ilishushwa gazeti kwa barua kuhusu makala yake ya hivi karibuni.

And I will encamp in a circle against you, And will besiege you with palisades, And will raise up siegeworks against you.

Na nitakaa kwayo kwa mvulo dhidi yenu, Na nitazilingira kwa ukuta, Na nitajenga vitisho dhidi yenu.

Real-world Examples

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

Kweli, Wa-Yankee chini ya Grant wamekuwa wakatawaa Vicksburg tangu katikati ya mwezi wa Mei.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Good evening, my besieged Ruburt, my besieged Joseph.

Usiku mwema, Ruburt wangu aliyejitwaa, Joseph wangu aliyejitwaa.

Source: The Early Sessions

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troy ilitwaa na Wagiriki kwa miaka kumi.

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

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

Sisi tunatawaa na watu wanaojifanya wanyunyuzia nyumba zao.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

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

Mwalimu alitwaa na maswali na ombi kutoka kwa wanafunzi.

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

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

Maeneo mengi hayayafiki kwa urahisi kwa sababu yanatawaa na vikosi vya utawala na washirika wao.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

The demonstrations are spreading these demonstrations where protesters are besieging and in some cases taking over government buildings.

Maandamano yanaenea katika maandamano haya ambapo wahubiri wanatawaa na katika baadhi ya kesi, wanachukua majengo ya serikali.

Source: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

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

Alimuomba kwa ukomo kupata msaada kwa watu wa maeneo ya eneo linaloshikiliwa na waasi yaliyotwaa.

Source: BBC Listening December 2016 Collection

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

Watu wengi wamekatikizwa katika miji iliyotwaa ikiwa ni pamoja na Homs.

Source: NPR News February 2014 Compilation

Forward has been to besiege Syrian town of Kobane near the Turkish border.

Kuelekea imekuwa kwa ajili ya kuitwaa mji wa Syria wa Kobane karibu na mpaka wa Uturuki.

Source: BBC Listening September 2014 Compilation

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