Sự bao vây, sự vây hãm

to stand a long siege

chịu đựng một cuộc vây hãm lâu ngày

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) thời kỳ khó khăn lâu dài, thời kỳ o bế lâu dài

a siege of illness

thời kỳ ốm đau lâu dài

to lay siege to something

bao vây, vây hãm (một thành phố..)

(từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) bao vây, vây hãm

đáy

Blockade, encirclement, beleaguerment, besiegement: Thesiege of Troy lasted ten years.

V.

Lay siege to, besiege, blockade, beleaguer, cordon off,encircle, box or pen or shut in, bottle up: They sieged thecity and the inhabitants surrendered when they ran out of foodand water.

A a military operation in which an attacking force seeksto compel the surrender of a fortified place by surrounding itand cutting off supplies etc. b a similar operation by policeetc. to force the surrender of an armed person. c the periodduring which a siege lasts.

A persistent attack or campaignof persuasion.