besieged

[US]/bi'sidʒd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 包围着敌军;为困难所困扰或被压倒(过去分词)
Word Forms
Past Participlebesieged
Past Tensebesieged

Phrases & Collocations

besieged city

mji uliokumbwa

besieged fortress

ngome iliokukumbwa

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.

doubts that besieged him

shaka zilizomzidi

The enemy were besieged by us.

Adui walishushwa na sisi.

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.

Real-world Examples

Good evening, my besieged Ruburt, my besieged Joseph.

Habari za jioni, Ruburt wangu aliyezingirwa, Joseph wangu aliyezingirwa.

Source: The Early Sessions

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Mji wa Troy ulizingirwa 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.

Tunazingirwa na watu wanaojaribu kufanya vitu wenyewe na wanataka kuboresha nyumba zao.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

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

Kweli, Wanayanke chini ya Grant walizingirwa Vicksburg tangu katikati ya mwezi wa Mei.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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

Mwalimu alizingirwa na maswali na ombi kutoka kwa wanafunzi.

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.

Aliomba kwao ili kupata msaada kwa watu wa maeneo ya majirani ya waasi aliyezingirwa.

Source: BBC Listening December 2016 Collection

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

Maeneo hayo mengi ni magumu kufika kwa sababu yamezingirwa na vikosi vya utawala na washirika wao.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

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

Watu wengi wamekatikizwa katika miji ya majirani ikiwa ni pamoja na Homs.

Source: NPR News February 2014 Compilation

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

Walijifunga ndani ya ngome na majeshi ya Margaret walizingirwa.

Source: Realm of Legends

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

Wagonjwa zaidi wa Syria ambao ugonjwa wao ni mbaya zaidi wameondolewa kutoka eneo la majirani ya waasi karibu na Damascus.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2017

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