合围 meaning in English
1.[军事] (作战或打猎时围住) surround; encircle
2.[书面语] (合抱) (of a tree, etc.) so big that one can just get one's arms around
Examples
- In the meantime the outer pincers had met and closed .
同时，外圈钳形围攻的部队已经会师合围。 - There was now no loophole of escape for straggling and daring individuals .
现在已经团团合围，没有一线之路可供离散的及敢于冒险的人逃脱。 - It was within the claws of the warsaw pincers that the polish army fought and died .
波兰陆军是在同对华沙的钳形攻势的合围进行博斗而全军覆没的。 - The two commanders made contact south of suchow and ringed the whole area , cutting it off from nanking
两支大军在徐州以南合围，切断了该地区同南京的联系。 - This is the fundamental characteristic of chinese national security environment in the early ages of 21c
美国对中国军事上的合围是中国21世纪初国家安全环境的主要特点。