The state of siege
戒严
🧩 词语组成解析
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
🗣️ 情景例句
Things look black.
前途暗淡。
Love laughs at locksmith.
春闺锁不住。
I was only five when my father had taken me abroad, and that we eighteen years ago.
我5岁那年，父亲就带我出了国，那是18年前的事了。