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expedition

英 /ˌekspəˈdɪʃ(ə)n/美 /ˌekspəˈdɪʃ(ə)n/
  • n.
    远征，考察；探险队，考察队；动作敏捷，迅速
复数expeditions
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词语例句

  1. 远征，考察cn.

    六级

    • It won't be labelled in any way as a military expedition.

      它无论如何也称不上是一次军事远征。

    • He credited Merian for describing a frog in the account of her South American expedition, and named the young tree frog after her.

      他称赞梅里安在南美探险记录中描述了一只青蛙，并以她的名字给这只小树蛙命名。

  2. 探险队，考察队cn.

    六级

    • Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.

      探险队中43名成员丧生。

    • I did ask him to pull some strings so that I could climb with an Indian expedition and he flapped this at "No".

      我确实让他帮我牵线搭桥，这样我就可以和一支印第安探险队一起爬山了，但他对这件事表示拒绝。

  3. 动作敏捷，迅速n.

    • The staff claimed that they would deal with our order with the greatest possible expedition.

      服务员说他们会尽快处理我们的订单。

  1. The expedition was bedevilled by bad weather.
    探险队深受恶劣天气的困扰。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.
    探险队中43名成员丧生。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  3. It won't be labelled in any way as a military expedition.
    它无论如何也称不上是一次军事远征。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

相关短语

  • Perry Expedition
    黑船来航
  • northern expedition
    北伐
  • Puzzle Expedition
    谜题探险
  • Challenger expedition
    挑战者号科学考察；查林杰海洋考察队；挑战者号远征
  • Hidden Expedition Everest
    珠穆朗玛探险

词语扩展

n.
velocityspeed
远征；探险队；迅速
adj.
expedite畅通的；迅速的；方便的
expeditious迅速的；敏捷的
expeditionary远征的；探险的；讨伐的；考察的
adv.
expeditiously迅速地；敏捷地
n.
expeditiousness敏捷；迅速
  • expedition/voyage/journey/trip/travel/excursion/tour/cruise
    • expedition指有特定目的远征或探险。
    • voyage指在水上旅行，尤指海上旅行，也可指空中旅行。
    • journey最普通用词，侧重指时间较长、距离较远的单程陆上旅行，也指水上或空中的旅行。
    • trip普通用词，口语多用，常指为公务或游玩作的较短暂的旅行。
    • travel泛指旅行的行为而不指某次具体的旅行，多指到远方作长期旅行，不强调直接目的地，单、复数均可用。
    • excursion较正式用词，常指不超过一天的短时期娱乐性游玩，也可指乘火车或轮船往返特定景点的远足旅游。
    • tour指最后反回出发地，旅途中有停留游览点，距离可长可短，目的各异的周游或巡行。
    • cruise主要指乘船的游览并在多处停靠。

词义分布

探险
47.7%
远征
26%
探险队
24.7%
迅速
1%
征
0.7%

英英释义

  • n.a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
  • n.an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
  • n.a journey organized for a particular purpose
  • n.a journey taken for pleasure
  • n.the property of being prompt and efficient

词源

  • expedition远征
    来自expedite, 加速。后用来指重大的军事行动，军事远征。
  • expedition远征，旅行；探险队，远征队
    词根词缀： ex-出 + -ped-足 + -ition