音标:[,ekspi'diʃәn]
n. 远征, 探险队, 迅速
在线英汉词典
expedition的短语、例句:
expedition
n
1
(a) organized journey or voyage with a particular aim (为某目的而组织的陆路或水路的)远行; 探险; 考察
send a party of people on an expedition 派一队人去考察
go on an expedition to the North Pole 到北极去探险
a hunting expedition 狩猎之行
(joc 谑) a shopping expedition 购物之行.
(b) people, vehicles, ships, etc making this journey (进行远征、 探险、 考察等的)人或使用的车辆、 船只等
members of the Mount Everest expedition 埃佛勒斯峰(即珠穆朗玛峰)探险队队员.
2 (fml 文) speed; promptness 迅速; 敏捷
We carried out the captain´s orders with all possible expedition. 我们毫不迟疑地迅速执行船长的命令.
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