besiege

[USA]/bɪˈsiːdʒ/
[UK]/bɪˈsiːdʒ/
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Oversættelse

Verb: at omringe; at belejre.
Word Forms
Present Participlebesieging
Past Tensebesieged
Past Participlebesieged
Third Person Singularbesieges
Pluralbesieges

Udtryk & Fast Sammenstilling

besiege a city

belejre en by

Eksempelsætninger

The superstar was besieged by reporters.

Superstjernen var belejret af reportere.

the television station was besieged with calls.

Tv-stationen var oversvømmet af opkald.

succor a besieged city

hjælpe en belejret by

She was besieged by problems.

Hun var belejret af problemer.

besiege a walled city:

belejre en omringet by:

doubts that besieged him

tvivl, der hjemsøgte ham

The enemy were besieged by us.

Fjenden var belejret af os.

the king marched north to besiege Berwick.

Kongen marcherede nordpå for at belejre Berwick.

she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen.

Hun tilbragte hele dagen belejret af journalister.

they struggled to supply the besieged island with aircraft.

De kæmpede for at forsyne den belejrede ø med fly.

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troja var belejret af grækerne i ti år.

Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.

Reportere belejrede vinderen for interviews.

Food supplies were running low in the besieged town.

Madforsyningen var ved at løbe tør i den belejrede by.

The professor was besieged with questions from his students.

Professoren var oversvømmet af spørgsmål fra sine studerende.

Hundreds of admirers besieged the famous writer.

Hundredvis af beundrere belejrede den berømte forfatter.

Citizens were forced to flee the besieged city.

Borgere blev tvunget til at flygte fra den belejrede by.

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

Lokalsamfundet belejrede avisen med breve om dens seneste redaktion.

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

Og jeg vil lejre mig i en cirkel mod dig, og jeg vil belejre dig med palisader og opføre belejringsanlæg mod dig.

Virkelige Eksempler

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

Det er rigtigt, at Yankees under Grant havde belejret Vicksburg siden midten af maj.

Kilde: Gone with the Wind

Good evening, my besieged Ruburt, my besieged Joseph.

God aften, min belejrede Ruburt, min belejrede Joseph.

Kilde: The Early Sessions

Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years.

Troja var belejret af grækerne i ti år.

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

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

Vi er belejret af gør-det-selv-folk, der ønsker at opfriske deres hjem.

Kilde: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

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

Læreren var belejret med spørgsmål og anmodninger fra eleverne.

Kilde: 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.

De fleste af disse steder er svære at nå, fordi de er belejret af regeringsstyrker og deres allierede.

Kilde: NPR News March 2016 Collection

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

Demonstrationerne spreder disse demonstrationer, hvor demonstranter belejrer og i nogle tilfælde overtager regeringsbygninger.

Kilde: BBC Listening January 2014 Collection

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

Han bad om det for at sikre bistand til folk i de belejrede, rebelfængslede kvarterer.

Kilde: BBC Listening December 2016 Collection

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

Tal af civile er i vid udstrækning afskåret i belejrede byer, herunder Homs.

Kilde: NPR News February 2014 Compilation

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

Forward har været til at belejre den syriske by Kobane nær den tyrkiske grænse.

Kilde: BBC Listening September 2014 Compilation

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