expedition音标

英 [ˌekspəˈdɪʃn]

美 [ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃən]

expedition基本释义

n.远征；探险队；迅速

expedition用法及例句

n.(名词)

远征，远征队

探险，探险队

迅速，敏捷

考察，考察工作，考察队

旅行，郊游，外出，出行

征伐

远征队的派遣

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

expedition

noun

1. a journey organized for a particular purpose

2. a journey taken for pleasure

e.g. many summer excursions to the shoreit was merely a pleasure tripafter cautious sashays into the field

Synonym: excursionjauntoutingjunketpleasure tripsashay

3. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

Synonym: military expeditionhostile expedition

4. the property of being prompt and efficient

e.g. it was done with dispatch

Synonym: dispatchdespatchexpeditiousness

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

e.g. an expedition was sent to explore Mars

1. 远征;探险An expedition is an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration.

e.g. ...Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica.伯德1928年前往南极洲的探险

2. 远征队;探险队You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as an expedition .

e.g. Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.探险队中43名成员遇难。

3. 远足;短途旅行An expedition is a short journey or trip that you make for pleasure.

e.g. Caroline joined them on the shopping expeditions.卡罗琳加入了他们的购物之旅。e.g. ...a fishing expedition.垂钓之旅

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作名词(n.)

They made an expedition to the African coast.他们远征到非洲海岸。

The scientists will go on an expedition to the South Pole.这些科学家们将要去南极探险。

We were sent on an expedition to Tibet.我们被派往西藏考察。

He took part in an expedition to the North Pole.他加入了一支北极探险队。

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。

用作名词 (n.)

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*

holiday expedition假日远足(队)

relief expedition救援队

expedition to去…考察,去…远征

He conquered not in that expedition.

出自：R. Hakluyt

词源解说

☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古英语的expeditionem，意为走出去。

近义词

临近词

trip

voyage

journey

expeditionary nature

expeditions

expeditionary

expeditionary force

expedite

expeditioner

expedition team

expedition pump

expeditionist

expedition transit

expedition of goods

expeditious

相关列句

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。)

Shirese's expedition was heroic.(Shirese的远征是英勇的。)

His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition.(他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。)

Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.(探险队中43名成员丧生。)

The best part of his expedition had been the rediscovery of his natural passion for making things.(他此次探险*佳环节是，重新发现了自己对制造事物的天生热情。)

He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.(他决定将探险活动推迟到第二天。)

Samples recovered from the expedition revealed important differences in chemical composition and fossil distribution among the sediment layers.(探险队采集的样品揭示了沉积物层之间化学成分及化石分布上的重大差异。)

Five members of Scott's expedition made it to the South Pole.(斯科特率领的探险队的五名成员一直来到了南极。)

And when game moved out of the lowlands in early spring, the expedition decided to return east rather than face possible starvation.(然后，猎物在早春迁徙出低地时，探险队决定返回东部，以免遇到可能出现的饥饿问题。)

This winter they'll interact with an expedition exploring Central America in search of the classic Maya culture.(今年冬天，他们将与探索中美洲以寻找经典玛雅文化的探险队进行交流。)