battalions是什么意思？

battalions

• n. （陆军的）一营（大约有一千兵士）( battalion的名词复数 )，协同作战的部队，军队，（组织在一起工作的）队伍；

例句

• The government began to recruit new battalions. 政府开始征集新的部队。
• When sorrows come, they come not singly but in battalions. 当悲痛的事降临时,总不会单行, 它们是接踵而来.
• God is always on the side of the strongest battalions. 上帝总是帮助强者.
• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  营；军营
  A battalion is a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more companies.
  例句
  Anthony was ordered to return to his battalion... 安东尼受命返回自己的军营。 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
  A battalion of people is a large group of them, especially a well-organized, efficient group that has a particular task to do.
  例句
  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。