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

• Here the troops split into battalions and companies, skirted around Hantan and marched eastward.
  部队以营、连为单位，绕过邯郸向东行进。
• 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。
• 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。
• Battalions of the fifth division were protecting people, and returned fire when they were subjected to attacks by the fourth division.
  第五师的部队在保护人民，当他们被第四师的部队攻击时他们开火还击。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It looks like a couple of battalions.
  看上去有两个营的人。
• Austria has sent three army battalions to its border with Hungary to stem the flow of illegal immigrants
  奥地利已派出3个营的兵力去本国和匈牙利交界的边境地区阻止非法移民的流入。
• The force comprised two battalions and a battery.
  这个部队包括两营步兵及一连炮兵。