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单词 expedition
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expedition
(ekspɪdɪʃən )
Word forms: expeditions
1. countable noun B1
An expedition is an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration.
...Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica. [+ to]
Synonyms: journey, exploration, mission, voyage  
2. countable noun
You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as an expedition.
Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.
Synonyms: team, crew, party, group  
3. countable noun
An expedition is a short journey or trip that you make for pleasure.
Caroline joined them on the shopping expeditions.
...a fishing expedition.
Idioms:
be on a fishing expedition [mainly US]
to be trying to find out the truth or the facts about something, often in a secretive way
You know why you're here. You're on a fishing expedition. You're hunting for material.
Collocations:
expedition cruise
And you can do so wearing tuxedos and dining under chandeliers, snacking in jeans, enjoying five-star luxury or the excitement of an expedition cruise in wild waters.
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If you pick a small expedition cruise, or a river cruise, all the tours are usually included, so everybody travels around together.
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When you are on an expedition cruise to a far-flung corner of the globe it takes an ingenious chef to conjure up fresh dishes for the menu of the day.
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It will specialise in expedition cruises aboard purpose-built vessels, above right.
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expedition leader
Although the students made it safely back to shore, the expedition leader was overwhelmed by the current and carried out to sea.
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Later, back on board ship, our expedition leader asked how many passengers had talked to penguins, and a forest of hands went up.
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My job, as a travel researcher and expedition leader, was not hugely conducive to long-term relationships.
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He was an experienced expedition leader, who sought to research and develop better meals to take on these journeys.
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Prepare to be pampered by butler service and energised by expert expedition leaders.
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expedition members
Each of the expedition members got a birthday present of 25 raisins.
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On the night after the burial the expedition members gathered in one tent.
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He accepted with alacrity and the expedition members became friends for life.
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The mountain will now be closed for the rest of the season, costing expedition members and organisers tens of thousands of dollars.
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Overall the survey was successful and celebrated by naming certain features on the island after expedition members.
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expedition ship
These are treacherous waters, mind, and to do them justice you need a small expedition ship, able to navigate narrow channels and moor at the dinkiest ports.
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It was created as an expedition ship and to test the operation of a new kind of marine propulsion system, the turbosail.
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Expedition ships increasingly offer fine dining, fully appointed cabins and spas, so while the journey might be about rugged adventure and exploration, the onboard creature comforts are not sacrificed.
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But thanks to a new generation of expedition ships, today's would-be explorers can follow in their footsteps in sumptuous style.
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Ocean liners, super yachts and expedition ships dock at its international wharf on average once a week.
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join an expedition
So he's first in line to join the expedition to the rainforest with his pals.
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The third plane was to have been a new design, which was not completed in time to join the expedition.
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Land was offered as an incentive to adventurers to sign up as soldiers and join the expedition.
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He signed up to join an expedition on a warship, with the aim of becoming a naval officer, but illness prevented them from achieving this goal.
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His followers decided to join the expedition.
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lead an expedition
He explained about the routes to reach these places, and offered to lead an expedition for the king.
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He submitted an outline plan to seize the city and offered to lead the expedition.
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The small size of the force at his disposal made him initially reluctant to lead the expedition.
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He ended his speech by declaring his willingness to lead an expedition there himself.
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He intended to lead the expedition personally.
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military expedition
It sounds like the sort of minor upheaval that a gunboat or three, a small military expedition or some chequebook diplomacy might cure.
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Loch in person led a joint naval and military expedition against him; landed, and threaded the way by a narrow path through thick jungle.
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However, that expedition was not a military expedition.
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Although the military expedition was a failure, the road continued to be used afterwards.
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The goal of the military expedition, according to the governor, was to convince them of...
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polar expedition
On a bad night, however, theatregoing can resemble a polar expedition.
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Technicians spent two years reducing the weight of the radar system from 100kg to a manageable 4kg for the polar expedition.
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The industrialists behind many a polar expedition may not have had logos, but the explorers gave their names to the lands they discovered.
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Friends are planning to complete the last 30 miles of his journey and dedicate a polar expedition later this year in his memory.
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Which chapters were more demanding to write; those about the polar expedition or those about the next world?
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scientific expedition
According to one of the doctors taking part in this extraordinary scientific expedition, you enter a dreamlike state as you approach the summit.
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In a breathlessly exciting second series, he also flies over a giant open-cast diamond mine, eats frozen raw horsemeat and goes on a remarkable scientific expedition.
The Sun
It was sold to their superiors as a scientific expedition.
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A scientific expedition to the area later discovered that the earthquake signal had been set off by a colossal landslide that struck about 20km away from the village.
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The plot follows a scientific expedition trapped on a remote island inhabited by atomically mutated giant crabs.
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shopping expedition
After the shopping expedition it was time to party.
The Sun (2007)
Hopefully, none of them will require too mammoth a shopping expedition on the way back from work.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
So now into the wider world he steps, by way of a shopping expedition for his new office.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
All app users can extend their parking time through their smartphone without returning to their car: handy if your shopping expedition or meeting overruns.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Translations:
Chinese: 远征
Japanese: 探検
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