rearguard
英['rɪəɡɑːd]
美['rɪrɡɑːrd]
TEM8
n. (名词)
- 后卫
- 后卫部队
- 后方，在战争中，指军队的后方
Noun:
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a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body
- 1. They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished.
- 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Mr Urban looks increasingly like someone fighting a rearguard action to keep their job.
- 厄本先生越来越像为了保住工作作最后一搏的那些人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The government is fighting a rearguard action against the mass of public opinion.
- 政府冒天下之大不韪负隅顽抗.
来自辞典例句
用作名词 (n.)
- Thereafter it fought a rearguard campaign along with other German units in Italy.
随后它作为一支后卫部队和其他的军毯为在意大利作战。
