convoys

英 [ˈkɒnvɔɪz]

美 [ˈkɑnˌvɔɪz]

n.  (尤指有士兵护送的)车队，船队
convoy的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 车队;舰队
  Aconvoyis a group of vehicles or ships travelling together.
  1. ...a U.N. convoy carrying food and medical supplies...
     运送食品和医疗用品的联合国车队
  2. ...humanitarian relief convoys...
     人道主义援助车队
  3. They travel in convoy with armed guards.
     他们的车队在武装警卫的护送下行进。
• VERB 护送;护卫;为…护航
  Toconvoygoods or people somewhere means to move them there in a convoy.
  1. He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to Naples.
     他命令联合舰队将军队护送到那不勒斯。

双语例句

• U.N. aid convoys have unimpeded access to the city.
  联合国救援车队可以畅通无阻地进入该市。
• A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
  一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。
• I was writing code again, not running convoys.
  我又开始写代码，而不是运营护送队。
• In recent days, red shirts have been arriving in Bangkok by road convoys.
  最近，红衫军藉由公路车队到达曼谷。
• As the convoys neared the city centre, footbridges swelled with cheering sympathisers.
  当车队接近市中心时，人行天桥上挤满了高声欢呼的支持者。
• While the camel convoys provide a cost-effective method of traversing the harsh terrain, the group had no way of delivering medicines and vaccines that required refrigeration until now.
  虽然这些骆驼护送队，经济有效，能够穿越路况恶劣的沙漠地区，但是直到现在他们还没有办法运送需要冰箱冷藏的药品和疫苗。
• It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
  狙击手向救援车队开火的事情很常见。
• Local river craft are still physically towed upstream in convoys.
  当地河船（筏）在护送中还是通过人力托着逆流而行。
• Militia leaders had halted overland food convoys in the region.
  民兵首领已拦阻了该地区经由陆上运送食品的车队。
• Outside the Green Zone, diplomatic convoys are prime targets for insurgents, militiamen and freelance kidnappers.
  在绿区外，外交车队是反叛者、武装人员和雇佣绑架者的主要袭击目标。