| 释义 |
‖ Kempeitai|ˈkɛmpeɪtaɪ|
Also Kempetai.
[Jap.]
The Japanese military secret service in the period 1931–1945.
1947J. Bertram Shadow of War 197 A single communication..to the kempeitai revealing my identity would be more than enough. 1953J. Trench Docken Dead xiv. 217 Docken had betrayed Richard to the Kempetei. 1961R. Seth Anat. Spying viii. 148 The Kempeitai, like the Nazi Gestapo, was the most powerful and most hated of all Japanese institutions. It derived its power for the most part from the semi-independent position which it held within the army. Ibid. 149 Wherever the Kempeitai was, its most important function was counter-espionage. 1965B. Sweet-Escott Baker St. Irregular v. 127 If the Gestapo or the Kempetai had kept track of his movements, they would have had a good idea of what was likely to happen. 1965This is Japan 1966 107 A tough kempeitai gendarme, with the customary red armband, two holstered revolvers, gold-and-black teeth, and foul daikon breath. 1969J. M. Gullick Malaysia ii. 97 The teachers..played a leading part in maintaining the underground resistance in the towns despite torture and other reprisals by the Japanese Security Police (the Kempeitai). |