[每日] beleaguer (v) 圍攻
Word of the Day (Tuesday January 6, 2009)
beleaguer \bi-LEE-ger\, verb:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/0d5fk
1. to surround with troops; besiege
2. to surround or beset
Among the strangers who befriend and beleaguer Jimmy are a band
of circus freaks led by a foulmouthed midget, a Hindu ice cream
and curry vendor, a club of raving Chinese American mud
wrestling fans, a surly Chicano biker with a heart of gold and,
in a game stab at "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"-style absurdism, a
busload of robotically cheerful cultists trekking toward their
charismatic leader.
-- Jan Stuart, LA Times, 2004-08-28
The Chicago Tribune, first cousin of the News, has long made it
a point to beleaguer venereal quacks.
-- Time, 1936-03-23
by 1589, from Dutch belegeren "to besiege," from be- "around"
+ legeren "to camp."
--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc)
◆ From: 218.211.239.101
GRE 近期熱門文章
PTT職涯區 即時熱門文章
