expedition

英[ˌekspə'dɪʃn] 美[ˌekspə'dɪʃn]
  • n. 远征；探险队；迅速
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 远征，远征队
    2. 探险，探险队
    3. 迅速，敏捷
    4. 考察，考察工作，考察队
    5. 旅行，郊游，外出，出行
    6. 征伐
    7. 远征队的派遣
    n. (名词)
    1. [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
    2. [U]迅速,动作敏捷 speed; promptness

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

  2. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose;

    "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"

  3. a journey organized for a particular purpose

  4. a journey taken for pleasure;

    "many summer excursions to the shore"
    "it was merely a pleasure trip"
    "after cautious sashays into the field"

  5. the property of being prompt and efficient;

    "it was done with dispatch"

双语例句

1. The expedition was wrecked by bad planning and poor navigation.
这次探险因计划不周和导航不利而失败。

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2. The South Pole expedition proved to be staggeringly successful.
这次南极探险结果非常成功。

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3. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.
他决定把探险推迟到第二天。

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4. Lee had to fight hard for his place on the expedition.
李不得不为在考察队中获得一席之地而苦苦争取。

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5. She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition.
她预言这次探险结局不会好。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. They equipped themselves for the expedition.
      他们为远征治装。
    2. They planned to organize a scientific expedition.
      他们计划组织一次科学考察。
    3. He is the commander of the expedition.
      他是探险队的队长。
    4. 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。
    5. The mail is conveyed with expedition.
      那封信被迅速地传递出去。
    6. We strived to work with great expedition.
      我们力求工作迅速。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. They made an expedition to the African coast.
      他们远征到非洲海岸。
    2. The scientists will go on an expedition to the South Pole.
      这些科学家们将要去南极探险。
    3. We were sent on an expedition to Tibet.
      我们被派往西藏考察。
    4. He took part in an expedition to the North Pole.
      他加入了一支北极探险队。
    5. They carried out the captain's orders with all possible expedition.
      他们毫不迟疑地迅速执行船长的命令。

用法讲解

journey，tour，travel，trip，voyage，excursion，expedition，cruise
  • 这些名词均含“旅行”之意。
  • 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。
  • tour指最后返回出发地，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。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • voyage指在水上旅行，尤指海上旅行，也可指空中旅行。
  • 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。
  • expedition指有特定目的远征或探险。
  • cruise主要指乘船的游览并在多处停靠。
    • 用作名词 (n.)
    动词+～ 形容词+～ 名词+～ ～+介词

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