expedition

US [ˌekspəˈdɪʃ(ə)n]
UK 
  • n.探险；考察；考察队；远征军
  • Web探险队；迅速；远征队
Plural Form：expeditions  

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expedition
n.
1.
远征；探险；考察an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known
to plan/lead/go on an expedition to the North Pole
计划╱带队╱去北极探险
2.
远征队；探险队；考察队the people who go on an expedition
Five members of Scott's expedition made it to the South Pole.
斯科特率领的探险队的五名成员一直来到了南极。
3.
（短途的）旅行，出行a short trip that you make when you want or need sth
a shopping expedition
外出购物

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AllAll,探险探险,考察考察,考察队考察队,远征军远征军,探险队探险队,迅速迅速,远征队远征队
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The expedition members spent the last day frantically disassembling the boat, packing the equipment and dismantling the camp.
最后一天，探查队成员忙乱地拆解木筏、包装设备和拆下帐篷。
zuì hòu yī tiān , tàn chá duì chéng yuán máng luàn de chāi jiě mù fá 、 bāo zhuāng shè bèi hé chāi xià zhàng péng 。
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They indicated, the expedition amazedly found a rare tree kangaroo, which didn't have to be extincted and a new type of honeyeater bird.
他们指出，最令人惊奇的发现是树袋鼠原来没有灭绝，及发现新种食蜜鸟。
tā men zhǐ chū , zuì lìng rén jīng qí de fā xiàn shì shù dài shǔ yuán lái méi yǒu miè jué , jí fā xiàn xīn zhǒng shí mì niǎo 。
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The Michigan Assembly Plant was one of the most profitable plants of the late 1990s, building the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator.
密歇根大学的装配厂之一，是最有利可图的植物上世纪90年代末，建设福特Expedition和林肯Navigator。
mì xiē gēn dà xué de zhuāng pèi chǎng zhī yī , shì zuì yǒu lì kě tú de zhí wù shàng shì jì jiǔ shí nián dài mò , jiàn shè fú tè Expedition hé lín kěn Navigator 。
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Each project, be it a sound track, a video, a drawing, or a performance, is a peculiar expedition in a new context, person, tool, and place.
因此她的每一个项目，无论是声音、影像、绘画，还是行为表演，都是一次对新的背景、人物、工具、场所的独特考察和探险。
yīn cǐ tā de měi yī gè xiàng mù , wú lùn shì shēng yīn 、 yǐng xiàng 、 huì huà , hái shì xíng wéi biǎo yǎn , dōu shì yī cì duì xīn de bèi jǐng 、 rén wù 、 gōng jù 、 chǎng suǒ de dú tè kǎo chá hé tàn xiǎn 。
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Expedition scientists have discovered that Antarctica has not always been a frozen continent.
远征的科学家们发现，南极洲并不总是一个冰天雪地的大陆。
yuǎn zhēng de kē xué jiā men fā xiàn , nán jí zhōu bìng bù zǒng shì yī gè bīng tiān xuě dì de dà lù 。
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Therefore, the Emperor think that this war is defeated, sad to say: If Wei Zheng still alive, certainly will not let me in the expedition.
因此，唐太宗认为这战属于战败了，痛心地说：如果魏征还活着，肯定不会让我进行这次远征。
yīn cǐ , táng tài zōng rèn wéi zhè zhàn shǔ yú zhàn bài le , tòng xīn de shuō : rú guǒ wèi zhēng hái huó zhe , kěn dìng bú huì ràng wǒ jìn xíng zhè cì yuǎn zhēng 。
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He left behind instructions saying that if his expedition did not return, no rescue parties should be sent as it was clearly too dangerous.
福塞特曾留下话说，如果他没能从那次探险中返回，千万不要派搜救队寻找他，因环境过于危险。
fú sài tè céng liú xià huà shuō , rú guǒ tā méi néng cóng nà cì tàn xiǎn zhōng fǎn huí , qiān wàn bú yào pài sōu jiù duì xún zhǎo tā , yīn huán jìng guò yú wēi xiǎn 。
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Cook was to be in charge of this expedition as captain of the ship Endeavour.
库克将作为“奋力”号船长负责这次考察。
kù kè jiāng zuò wéi " fèn lì " hào chuán zhǎng fù zé zhè cì kǎo chá 。
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To help solve this mystery, scientists went on an ocean expedition to drill into a large, 145-million-year-old underwater supervolcano.
为了解开这个谜，科学家们进行了一次海洋探险，去钻探145亿年前就在水下存在的超级火山。
wèi le jiě kāi zhè ge mí , kē xué jiā men jìn xíng le yī cì hǎi yáng tàn xiǎn , qù zuān tàn yì bǎi sì shí wǔ yì nián qián jiù zài shuǐ xià cún zài de chāo jí huǒ shān 。
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After opening the tomb, however, strange and unpleasant events began to take place in the lives of those involved in the expedition.
开业后的坟墓，然而，奇怪的和不愉快的事件开始参与在远征有关人员的生活场所。
kāi yè hòu de fén mù , rán ér , qí guài de hé bù yú kuài de shì jiàn kāi shǐ cān yù zài yuǎn zhēng yǒu guān rén yuán de shēng huó chǎng suǒ 。
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