expeditions

英 [ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃənz]

美 [ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃənz]

n.  远征; 探险; 考察; 远征队; 探险队; 考察队; (短途的)旅行，出行
expedition的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 远征;探险
  Anexpeditionis an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration.
  1. ...Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica.
     伯德1928年前往南极洲的探险
• N-COUNT 远征队;探险队
  You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as anexpedition.
  1. Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.
     探险队中43名成员遇难。
• N-COUNT 远足;短途旅行
  Anexpeditionis a short journey or trip that you make for pleasure.
  1. Caroline joined them on the shopping expeditions.
     卡罗琳加入了他们的购物之旅。
  2. ...a fishing expedition.
     垂钓之旅

双语例句

• After several plundering expeditions around the Caribbean together, their ship was captured off Jamaica and the crew were sent for trial in Spanish Town.
  经过多次掠夺探险一起在加勒比地区，他们的船被抓获了牙买加和机组人员被送往审判在西班牙城。
• Some later expeditions fared better, though they were no better equipped.
  虽然装备并未改善，但后来的一些探险进行得更好。
• The most important expeditions of the Indians, even to great distances, were undertaken with insignificant forces.
  印第安人的最重要的出征，即使到距离很远的地方去，也是由不大的战斗力量来进行的。
• Caroline joined them on the shopping expeditions.
  卡罗琳加入了他们的购物之旅。
• Throughout Mike Horn's previous expeditions, progress was made through natural means and human power.
  纵观MIKEHORN之前的所有远征航行，都是通过自然手段和人力达到目的。
• Qin aggrandizement was aided by frequent military expeditions pushing forward the frontiers in the north and south.
  秦扩张是借助频繁的军事远征推进边界北部和南部。
• This Amerigo ( if we are to believe his own stories) accompanied several expeditions to the New World and actually found a great deal of new land in the southern part of the hemisphere.
  这个Amerigo（如果我们决定相信他自己的故事）和一群探险队到达了新世界并且发现了南半球大量的陆地。
• He made senseless expeditions to india.
  他一再去印度作无谓的探险。
• He directed still other expeditions to various parts of the world to collect plants of economic importance.
  他还指挥其它考察队到世界各地采集具有经济价值的植物。
• It's led to scores of expeditions and thousands of books.
  这也因此产生了相关的探险事件和成千上万的相关书籍。