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单词 expeditionary
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  • But it was an unequal war against an expeditionary force of countless numbers.
  • The expeditionary force would not have a chance against that.
  • The last units of the American expeditionary force, comprising vessels loaded with supplies and horses, reached France amid the screeching of whistles and moaning of sirens.
  • The terrible fate of the German expeditionary force is too well known to require comment.
  • Upon the same day preparations went forward for the dispatch of an expeditionary army to France.

Examplesofexpeditionary

expeditionary
The use of kayaks, coupled with anexpeditionarystyle approach, markedly reduced operational costs and streamlined logistics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To a significant extent, archaeology has been run on anexpeditionarybasis.
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The migration was spearheaded byexpeditionarygroups comprising small numbers of closely related male pioneer-warriors, followed by their spouses and children.
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The start of the anti-colonial war in 1961 was characterised by extreme brutality, and elicited a ferocious response by the large metropolitanexpeditionarycorps sent to quell it.
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Specifically he details what he calls a ' bifurcation ' between the peacetime universal service militia and theexpeditionarymilitia composed of drafts, bounty men, volunteers, and substitutes.
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Governments, rulers and evenexpeditionaryforces of fighting men in the past have been moved and even inspired by moods and atmospheres.
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We were previously often the great practitioners of a maritime strategy based on naval predominance andexpeditionaryoperations.
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It is the desire of all of us that it may not be necessary for anexpeditionaryforce again to leave our shores.
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It will deliver a step-change in the capability of our forces to meet the challenges of futureexpeditionaryoperations.
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It was a fully equippedexpeditionaryforce including paratroops, artillery with truck-mounted rocket launchers, tank battalions and anti-aircraft units.
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The first is the carriers, which are a vital element of our armed forces'expeditionarycapability.
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You could not, however, with anexpeditionaryforce, put up a shed in a moment.
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It was the underlying principle of the strategic defence review and theexpeditionaryconcept implied in it.
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That may satisfy theexpeditionaryforce, but, obviously, some new system will have to be devised for the home defence force.
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With the utmost difficulty we produced in three months by partial mobilisation anexpeditionaryforce of 20,000 men.
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