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

• The big-character poster can be put to use everywhere except in the salesrooms of stores, rural areas ( districts and townships), primary schools, and the battalions and companies of the armed forces.
  大字报，除商店的门市部、农村（区乡）、小学、军队的营和连队以外，都可以用。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Bank does not have battalions of trained engineers and scientists on staff to help countries build their own capacity.
  世行工作人员中，训练有素的工程师和科学家并不多，因而无法帮助各国建立自身能力。
• God is always on the side of the strongest battalions.
  上帝总是帮助强者。
• Kim Il-sung leading battalions of happy workers to a shining new dawn.
  金日成领导幸福的工人奔向美好的明天。
• General Craddock said NATO nations have not even filled the commander's request for four battalions to be temporarily deployed to help secure the Afghan presidential election in August.
  克拉多克将军说，北约司令要求暂时部署四个旅，帮助阿富汗8月举行总统大选。但是北约国家甚至连这个要求都没有满足。
• 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。
• And how many battalions does the sun god command?
  那么太阳神又指挥了多少军队呢？
• There, on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire.
  在那里的西部战线上，他在猛烈的炮火下想从一个营向另一个营传递消息时被打死了。