battalions

英 [bəˈtæljənz]

美 [bəˈtæljənz]

n.  (军队的)营; (有组织的)队伍
battalion的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 营；军营
  Abattalionis a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
  1. Anthony was ordered to return to his battalion...
     安东尼受命返回自己的军营。
  2. He joined the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards.
     他加入了英国近卫步兵第一团第二营。
• N-COUNT （尤指有组织、有特定任务、高效的）一大群，一大批
  Abattalion ofpeople is a large group of them, especially a well-organized, efficient group that has a particular task to do.
  1. There were battalions of highly paid publicists to see that such news didn't make the press.
     有一大批拿高薪的公关人员可以确保这样的新闻不会见诸报端。

双语例句

• Two battalions were disposed for an attack on the air base.
  配置两个营的兵力进攻空军基地。
• Three battalions were ordered up to strengthen a weak point in the line.
  三个营的部队奉命开赴前方，加强防线上的一个薄弱环节。
• Opposition fighters, divided into numerous groups, varying from large battalions of a thousand to handfuls of men, get far fewer weapons than they had hoped.
  自由军的战士们也分成了无数的派别，既有人数众多的大军，其中每营有1000人；也有十几个人的小队。他们收到的武器远少于期望。
• Even a single company may find itself in this position, not to mention battalions, regiments, divisions and armies.
  一个连是这样，更不用说营、团、师、军了。
• The two year delay allowed more system components to be built, so two more battalions will be in place around Moscow by the end of the year.
  滞后二年允许制造更多的系统部件，因此，另外的二个营将会在年底结前在莫斯科周围适当位置部署。
• Its battalions were thousands of dealing rooms, connected into a global network acting round the clock.
  它的作战单位是数以千计的交易厅，并与日夜不停运转的全球网络相连。
• Separate mechanized divisions and tank battalions for infantry divisions were also formed.
  同时独立的机械化师和步兵师属坦克营也开始组建。
• Two battalions, with draped drums and reversed arms, ten thousand National Guards, with their swords at their sides, escorted the coffin.
  两个营，鼓上蒙着黑纱，倒背着枪，一万国民自卫军，腰上挂着刀，国民自卫军的炮队伴随着棺材。
• So if the British wanted a regime change in say Iran it was a matter of a few gun boats and a couple of battalions of troops.
  因此，如果英国希望一个地方的政权发生更迭，比如说伊朗，这不过就是几船的枪和几个营的部队的问题。
• There are many companies forming the battalions.
  军队由很多连队整编而成。