expedition
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英 [ˌekspəˈdɪʃn]
美 [ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃən]
是什么意思
考察,远航;考察队,远征军;(短途的)旅行;迅速(办理)
变形
复数:expeditions
双语释义
n.(名词)
- [C](人、车等有目的的)远征; 探险; 考察; 远征队; 探险队 organized journey or voyage with a particular aim
- [U]迅速,动作敏捷 speed; promptness
英英释义
expedition[ ,ekspi'diʃən ]
- n.
- a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
同义词:military expeditionhostile expedition
- an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
"an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
- a journey organized for a particular purpose
- a journey taken for pleasure
同义词:excursionjauntoutingjunketpleasure tripsashay
- the property of being prompt and efficient
同义词:dispatchdespatchexpeditiousness
- a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
学习怎么用
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~- dispatch〔send〕 an expedition派遣一支探险队
- form〔organize〕 an expedition组成〔组织〕一支考察队
- go on〔make〕 an expedition to去…探险
- lead an expedition率领一支探险队
- use expedition从速行动,赶快办理
- dangerous expedition危险的远征
- scientific expedition科学考察(团)
- Antarctic〔Arctic〕 expedition南〔北〕极探险队
- the Eight-Power Allied expedition八国联军
- holiday expedition假日远足(队)
- relief expedition救援队
- expedition to去…考察,去…远征
词组短语
fishing expedition审前盘问;非法调查
同近义词辨析
expedition, voyage, journey, trip, travel, excursion, tour, cruise
这组词都有“旅行”的意思,其区别是:
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。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- They equipped themselves for the expedition.
他们为远征治装。 - They planned to organize a scientific expedition.
他们计划组织一次科学考察。 - He is the commander of the expedition.
他是探险队的队长。 - The expedition suffered all the rigors of a Canadian winter.
这支探险队饱受了加拿大严冬的折磨。 - The mail is conveyed with expedition.
那封信被迅速地传递出去。 - We strived to work with great expedition.
我们力求工作迅速。
权威例句
Lessons from a Sensor Network ExpeditionLessons from a Sensor Network ExpeditionLessons from a Sensor Network ExpeditionThe Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling expedition: northwest Atlantic through eastern tropical PacificThe Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical PacificThe Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Expanding the Universe of Protein FamiliesThe Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling expedition: I, The northwest Atlantic through the eastern tropical PacificThe Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific. PLoS Biol 5: e77Oceanic Metagenomics: The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Expanding the Universe of Protein FamiliesRusch, D. B. et al. The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: northwest Atlantic through eastern tropical Pacific. PLoS Biol...