| 釋義 |
expedition /.ekspi'difn; kspi'dijan/ n 1 [C] (men, ships, etc making a) journey or voyage for a definite purpose: (為一確定目的所做的) 遠征; 遠征隊: a hunting ~; 狩獵 (隊); go/send a party of men on an ~ to the Antarctic; 至 (派一隊人至) 南極探險; members of the Mount Everest ~. 埃佛勒斯峯探險隊之隊員。 2 [U] (formal) promptness; speed. (正式用語) 敏捷; 迅速。 ~ ary /-Janan US: -nen; -/sn,eri/ adj of, making up, an 遠征 (隊) 的; 組成遠征隊的: an ary force, eg an army sent to take part in a war abroad. 遠征軍。 |