Militia
[mɪ'lɪʃə] or [mə'lɪʃə]
解释:
(noun.) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army.
(noun.) the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service; 'their troops were untrained militia'; 'Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia'--United States Constitution.
整理:卢修斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies.
(n.) Military service; warfare.
凯瑟琳整理
同义词及近义词：
n. Trainband.
手打:列侬
解释:
n. a body of men enrolled and drilled as soldiers but only liable to home service: (U.S.) the whole body of citizens capable of bearing arms.—n. Milit′iaman a man or soldier in the militia force.
整理:罗伯塔
例句:
- The Florentine militia he created was a complete failure. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The principal purport of his letter was to inform them that Mr. Wickham had resolved on quitting the militia. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Brighton, and a whole campful of soldiers, to us, who have been overset already by one poor regiment of militia, and the monthly balls of Meryton! 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- That standing army was afterwards carried to Africa, where it found nothing but a militia to oppose it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I have often seen the militia of Lorbrulgrud drawn out to exercise, in a great field near the city of twenty miles square. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- The Highland militia, when it served under its own chieftains, had some advantage of the same kind. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- A well regulated standing army is superior to every militia. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- When Asdrubal had left Spain, the great Scipio found nothing to oppose him but a militia inferior to his own. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- It was whispered that Lyon thus reinforced intended to break up Camp Jackson and capture the militia. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The disheartened and frequently defeated African militia joined it, and, at the battle of Zama, composed the greater part of the troops of Annibal. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The Roman armies which Annibal encountered at Trebi, Thrasymenus, and Cannae, were militia opposed to a standing army. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- He quitted the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already established in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- There was a considerable force of State militia at Camp Jackson, on the outskirts of St. Louis, at the time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- In other countries, the militia has not only been exercised, but regimented. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The militias of some barbarous nations defended themselves much better. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The Parthian and German militias, too, were always respectable, and upon several occasions, gained very considerable advantages over the Roman armies. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
校对:诺艾尔