Detachment
[dɪ'tætʃm(ə)nt] or [dɪ'tætʃmənt]
解释:
(noun.) the act of releasing from an attachment or connection.
(noun.) a small unit of troops of special composition.
整理:奥利维亚--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
(n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
(n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
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例句:
- In a short time it was well fortified and a detachment was sent to occupy Smithland, at the mouth of the Cumberland. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- At first Archer had fancied that this detachment was the disguise of an inward tremor; but her clear eyes revealed only the most tranquil unawareness. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- He was at Milford by the night of the 21St. Here he met a detachment of Pickett's division coming from Richmond to reinforce Lee. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- To beat such a detachment would be of immense value. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I remained at Burnsville with a detachment of about 900 men from Ord's command and communicated with my two wings by courier. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Mr. De Loche knew that the rebel General Jackson was in that neighborhood with a detachment of cavalry. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The garrison consisted of a regiment of colored troops, infantry, and a detachment of Tennessee cavalry. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Another detachment was dispatched to a point before the village gate, while he remained with the balance upon the south side of the clearing. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He has been called by an able writer, the first of the moderns, and the phrase expresses aptly the unprejudiced detachment of his intellectual side. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- If this utter detachment from any love of money for its own sake has not already been illustrated in some of the incidents narrated, one or two stories are available to emphasize the point. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- There is a calm sense of detachment about this description that has been possessed by the narrator even in the most anxious moments of his career. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- There was a detachment of two or three companies going some twenty-five miles west to be stationed as a guard to the railroad. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- A detachment marched down to Philadelphia for the express purpose of murdering some friendly Indians, who had been removed to the city for safety. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- We try to believe that, however finite we may be, our intellect is something apart from the cycle of our life, capable by an Olympian detachment from human interests of a divine thoroughness. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- They were a machine-gun detachment going up toward the river. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- He also sent out detachments to destroy the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond, but no great success attended these latter efforts. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I hold Atlanta with the 20th corps, and have strong detachments along my line. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- There was also a cavalry corps under General Harney, composed of detachments of the 1st, 2d, and 3d dragoons. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
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