siege

1. N-COUNT A siege is a military or police operation in which soldiers or police surround a place in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. 包圍[also 'under' N]

We must do everything possible to lift the siege. 我們必須盡一切可能解除包圍。

2. PHRASE If police, soldiers, or journalists lay siege to a place, they surround it in order to force the people there to come out or give up control of the place. 包圍

The rebels laid siege to the governor's residence. 叛亂者們包圍了那座縂督官邸。