lay siege to

conduct a siege of (a place)

包圍，圍攻（某地）

government forces laid siege to the building.

政府武裝包圍了整幢樓。

the press laid siege to her flat.

新聞記者把她的公寓圍得水泄不通。

under siege

(of a place) undergoing a siege

（某地）處在包圍之中