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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"