legions

英 [ˈliːdʒənz]

美 [ˈlidʒənz]

n.  (尤指古罗马的)军团; 大量，大批(某类型的人)
legion的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 军团；兵团
  Alegionis a large group of soldiers who form one section of an army.
  1. ...the Sudan-based troops of the Libyan Islamic Legion...
     利比亚伊斯兰军团驻扎在苏丹的部队
  2. The last of the Roman legions left Britain in AD 410.
     罗马军团最后一支部队于公元410年离开英国。
• N-COUNT 众多；大批；大量
  Alegion ofpeople or things is a great number of them.
  1. His delightful sense of humour won him a legion of friends.
     他的幽默风趣为他赢得了众多的朋友。
  2. ...a legion of stories about noisy neighbours.
     有关吵闹的邻居的众多故事
• ADJ 比比皆是的；不胜枚举的；多如牛毛的
  If you say that things of a particular kind arelegion, you mean that there are a great number of them.
  1. Ellie's problems are legion...
     埃莉的问题多如牛毛。
  2. The number of women who become pregnant after adopting children is legion.
     领养小孩后怀孕的妇女比比皆是。

双语例句

• And there are legions of poor people who will paint and decorate for low wages.
  大批的穷人因为低收入而粉刷和装饰。
• We must be up to eight legions now.
  我们现在应该有八个军团。
• Wales was unattractive and Scotland unprofitable, so the legions rarely went there.
  威尔士缺乏吸引力，苏格兰又无利可图，因此罗马军团很少进驻这两个地区。
• This new film will please his legions of admirers.
  这部新电影将得到他的广大影迷的欢迎。
• Everywhere, legions of the enemy advance.
  到处都是大批前进的敌人。
• Inferno has all the usual plot elements that Browns legions of fans have come to expect.
  正如布朗的庞大粉丝团所期望的一样，《炼狱》继承了作者写小说中一贯的情节元素。
• There they made their tragic and heroic last stand against the Roman legions.
  他们在那里对罗马军团进行了最后的抵抗，场面英勇而悲壮。
• Imagine legions of programmers worldwide contributing their creations back into a "commons".
  想象一下全球为数众多的程序员纷纷将自己的创造，贡献给一个“集体创作”。
• Foxconn to employ legions of robots on production line.
  富士康拟用百万机器人取代非技术工人。
• There were legions of pigeons on the roofs.
  屋顶上有大群鸽子。