围城 meaning in Chinese
1.(包围城市) encircle a city; besiege a city
2.(被围城市) besieged city
Examples
- The siege was not pressed with vigour .
这次围城没有进行有力的进攻。 - The french and vietminh settled in for a long siege .
法国和越南的军队进入了一场旷日持久的围城战。 - They constituted a near-insuperable obstacle to the besieging infantry .
它们就会形成围城步兵几乎不可逾越的障碍。 - Desperately the besieged had asked, through the navy's radio, for news of developments outside the encircled city .
被围的人们通过海军的无线电千方百计探询围城外面的情况。 - Battlefront : battle of okinawa the last stronghold
第二次世界大战：冲绳岛战役死守围城