In charge of an army of seven-thousand men, he______the oriental city for nine months and finally defeated it.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题后半句是说他包围东方人的城市九个月，最后攻克了它。besiege“围攻，包围”符合题意，如：Troy was besieged by the Greeks for ten years．(特洛伊城被希腊人围攻了十年。)其他三项intrude“侵略，侵入”，haunt“常去”，possess“占有”都不正确。