Outpost是什么意思？

Outpost

英[ˈaʊtpəʊst] 美[ˈaʊtpoʊst]

• n. 前哨，警戒部队，前哨基地，边区村落；

复数：outposts;

例句

• That little store was the last outpost for motorists before they entered the desert. 那个小商店是乘汽车旅行的人们进入沙漠之前的最后一个居民点。
• Some soldiers waited at an outpost deep in the forest. 一些士兵在森林深处的一个前哨基地等候。
• The troops received orders to trench the outpost. 部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫.
• Their new outpost was on the crest of a hill. 他们新的前哨阵地设在一座小山包顶上.
• I've been putting down rebellions in this rotten outpost for eleven years. 十一年来我一直在偏僻边疆消弭叛变.
• ...a remote mountain outpost, linked to the outside world by the poorest of roads. 靠一条崎岖艰险的山路与外界相连的偏远山区哨站
• ...a far-flung outpost on the frontier. 远驻西部边疆的前哨

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  贸易站；前哨基地；（设在国外的）军事基地
  An outpost is a small group of buildings used for trading or military purposes, either in a distant part of your own country or in a foreign country.
  例句
  ...a remote mountain outpost, linked to the outside world by the poorest of roads. 靠一条崎岖艰险的山路与外界相连的偏远山区哨站

英汉词典释义

• n.
  前哨, 哨兵, 哨站
  Some soldiers waited at an outpost deep in the forest. 一些士兵在森林深处的一个前哨基地等候。
  边远居民点
  That little store was the last outpost for motorists before they entered the desert. 那个小商店是乘汽车旅行的人们进入沙漠之前的最后一个居民点。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
  2. a settlement on the frontier of civilization
  3. a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops

行业词典

• 体育： 前哨；
  法律： 派出机构；派驻机构；