expedition
英[ekspɪ'dɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,ɛkspə'dɪʃən]
- n. 远征；探险队；迅速
英英释意
- 1. a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
- 2. an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose;
- "an expedition was sent to explore Mars"
- 3. a journey organized for a particular purpose
- 4. a journey taken for pleasure;
- "many summer excursions to the shore"
- "it was merely a pleasure trip"
- "after cautious sashays into the field"
- 5. the property of being prompt and efficient;
- "it was done with dispatch"