expedition
英 [ˌekspəˈdɪʃn] 美 [ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃən]

n.

考察，远航；考察队，远征军；（短途的）旅行；迅速（办理）

变形

复数：expeditions

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C](人、车等有目的的)远征; 探险; 考察; 远征队; 探险队 organized journey or voyage with a particular aim
2. [U]迅速,动作敏捷 speed; promptness

英英释义

expedition[ ,ekspi'diʃən ]

• n.
  • a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country

    同义词：military expeditionhostile expedition

  • an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose

    "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"

  • a journey organized for a particular purpose
  • a journey taken for pleasure

    同义词：excursionjauntoutingjunketpleasure tripsashay

  • the property of being prompt and efficient

    同义词：dispatchdespatchexpeditiousness

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• dispatch〔send〕 an expedition派遣一支探险队
• form〔organize〕 an expedition组成〔组织〕一支考察队
• go on〔make〕 an expedition to去…探险
• lead an expedition率领一支探险队
• use expedition从速行动,赶快办理

形容词+～

• dangerous expedition危险的远征
• scientific expedition科学考察(团)
• Antarctic〔Arctic〕 expedition南〔北〕极探险队
• the Eight-Power Allied expedition八国联军

名词+～

• holiday expedition假日远足(队)
• relief expedition救援队

～+介词

• expedition to去…考察,去…远征

词组短语

fishing expedition审前盘问；非法调查

同近义词辨析

expedition, voyage, journey, trip, travel, excursion, tour, cruise

这组词都有“旅行”的意思，其区别是：

expedition指有特定目的远征或探险。

voyage指在水上旅行，尤指海上旅行，也可指空中旅行。

journey最普通用词，侧重指时间较长、距离较远的单程陆上旅行，也指水上或空中的旅行。

trip普通用词，口语多用，常指为公务或游玩作的较短暂的旅行。

travel泛指旅行的行为而不指某次具体的旅行，多指到远方作长期旅行，不强调直接目的地，单、复数均可用。

excursion较正式用词，常指不超过一天的短时期娱乐性游玩，也可指乘火车或轮船往返特定景点的远足旅游。

tour指最后反回出发地，旅途中有停留游览点，距离可长可短，目的各异的周游或巡行。

cruise主要指乘船的游览并在多处停靠。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. They equipped themselves for the expedition.
   他们为远征治装。
2. They planned to organize a scientific expedition.
   他们计划组织一次科学考察。
3. He is the commander of the expedition.
   他是探险队的队长。
4. The expedition suffered all the rigors of a Canadian winter.
   这支探险队饱受了加拿大严冬的折磨。
5. The mail is conveyed with expedition.
   那封信被迅速地传递出去。
6. We strived to work with great expedition.
   我们力求工作迅速。

权威例句

Lessons from a Sensor Network Expedition
Lessons from a Sensor Network Expedition
Lessons from a Sensor Network Expedition
The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling expedition: northwest Atlantic through eastern tropical Pacific
The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific
The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Expanding the Universe of Protein Families
The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling expedition: I, The northwest Atlantic through the eastern tropical Pacific
The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific. PLoS Biol 5: e77
Oceanic Metagenomics: The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Expanding the Universe of Protein Families
Rusch, D. B. et al. The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: northwest Atlantic through eastern tropical Pacific. PLoS Biol...