āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
beleaguer
/bÉĒlËiËÉĄÉ/
to beleaguer
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to trouble or harass someone repeatedly over time
Transitive: to beleaguer sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She felt beleaguered by endless emails and urgent requests.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŽ āĻāĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to surround a place or person with armed forces to compel surrender
Transitive: to beleaguer a place
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Pirates beleaguered the coastal town, cutting off all trade routes.
āĻāĻ˛āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻšāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
beleaguering
beleaguer
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
