Legion
['liːdʒ(ə)n]
解释:
(noun.) a large military unit; 'the French Foreign Legion'.
(noun.) association of ex-servicemen; 'the American Legion'.
编辑:露西尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.
(n.) A military force; an army; military bands.
(n.) A great number; a multitude.
(n.) A group of orders inferior to a class.
约瑟夫编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Army, host, military force, body of troops.[2]. Multitude, great number.
校对:凯尔西
解释:
n. in ancient Rome a body of soldiers of from three to six thousand: a military force: a great number: in French history the name of several military bodies more esp. one which distinguished itself in Algeria and in the Crimea.—v.t. to form into legions.—adj. Lē′gionary relating to or consisting of a legion or legions: containing a great number.—n. a soldier of a legion.—Legion of Honour an order of merit instituted in France in 1802 by Napoleon I.; Thundering Legion the name in Christian tradition for a body of soldiers under Marcus Aurelius whose prayers for rain once brought down a thunderstorm and destroyed the enemy.
丹尼斯编辑
例句:
- He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Medals and diplomas, the Cross of the Legion of Honour, and millions of money became his. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- His machine was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1867, and was awarded a gold medal, and Howe himself was given the ribbon of the French Legion of Honor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The uses of the incandescent light are legion. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Perin, who received at the Paris Exhibition in 1867 the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- There was a legion of Sundays, all days of unserviceable bitterness and mortification, slowly passing before him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- At the close of the Exposition Edison was created a Commander of the Legion of Honor. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- His own line broke as it extended, the Roman legion charged home, and the day was lost. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was made an officer of the Legion of Honor, and Prof. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Its uses and applications are legion, and they extend literally from the cradle to the grave. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- But she had beauty, pride, ambition, insolent resolve, and sense enough to portion out a legion of fine ladies. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- In 1880 the government of France awarded him the Volta prize of fifty thousand francs and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Gallant sir, answered the Jester, 'nomen illis legio', their name is legion. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Where was the drug that could still this legion of insurgent nerves? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- The father in 1811, at the age of twenty, was one of Napoleon's conscripts, and in 1814 received from the Emperor, for valor and fidelity, the Cross of t he Legion of Honor. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- More and more important grow the legions; less and less significant are the Senate and the assemblies of Rome. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The generals in command of the Rhine legions, the Palatine troops, and the eastern armies, each attempted to seize power. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- When presently the barbarians poured into the empire, there was nothing but the legions to face them. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Spanish legions rose in insurrection under an elderly general of seventy-three, Galba, whom they acclaimed emperor. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- And as a consequence only the hardworking emperors who kept their legions active and in close touch with themselves had long reigns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Before the Punic Wars it was the tendency of ambitious men in Rome to court the plebeians; after that time they began to court the legions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- By 49 B.C. he and Pompey, with their legions, he from the west and Pompey from the east, were fighting openly for predominance in the Roman state. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He had broken the law by bringing his legions across the Rubicon, which was the boundary between his command and Italy proper. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He was only secure while he was the beloved captain of his legions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The legions in Gaul were under the command of a Frank, and the Emperor Theodosius I (emp. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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