Detachment
[dɪ'tætʃm(ə)nt] or [dɪ'tætʃmənt]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
艾利森手打
例句/造句/用法:
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- To beat such a detachment would be of immense value. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Mr. De Loche knew that the rebel General Jackson was in that neighborhood with a detachment of cavalry. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The garrison consisted of a regiment of colored troops, infantry, and a detachment of Tennessee cavalry. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Another detachment was dispatched to a point before the village gate, while he remained with the balance upon the south side of the clearing. 愛德格·賴斯·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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- A detachment marched down to Philadelphia for the express purpose of murdering some friendly Indians, who had been removed to the city for safety. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- They were a machine-gun detachment going up toward the river. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I hold Atlanta with the 20th corps, and have strong detachments along my line. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- There was also a cavalry corps under General Harney, composed of detachments of the 1st, 2d, and 3d dragoons. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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