这个军队打算占领这座城市或干脆使其挨饿到投降。
She's afraid that she'll be blamed if they starve themselves into their graves.她担心如果他们饿死了,她会受到责备。
After several months of trying to starve the city into submission, the Turks attempted to tunnel underneath the walls of the city.他们先是截断粮食来源,逼迫这座城市屈服,几个月后,他们又尝试从城墙下挖地道进行偷袭。