| 单词 | invasion |
| 释义 | invasion (ɪnveɪʒən ) Word forms: invasions 1. variable noun [oft adjective NOUN] B2 If there is an invasion of a country, a foreign army enters it by force. ...seven years after the Roman invasion of Britain. [+ of] He was commander in chief during the invasion of Panama. Synonyms: attack, assault, capture, takeover 2. variable noun If you refer to the arrival of a large number of people or things as an invasion, you are emphasizing that they are unpleasant or difficult to deal with. ...this year's annual invasion of flies, wasps and ants. [+ of] Seaside resorts such as Blackpool and Brighton are preparing for a tourist invasion. Synonyms: flood, flow, rush, arrival 3. variable noun If you describe an action as an invasion, you disapprove of it because it affects someone or something in a way that is not wanted. [disapproval] Is reading a child's diary always a gross invasion of privacy? [+ of] Synonyms: intrusion, breach, violation, disturbance Collocations: military invasion That's why the dictator had to be stopped, even at the cost of a military invasion. Times, Sunday Times By the time the festival came, he had more than five hours of material, loosely structured around a military invasion and occupation. Times, Sunday Times All we had really learnt was that military invasion wasn't the way. Times, Sunday Times Along with archaeological remains, they are the only visible witnesses to the massive military invasion. Christianity Today Declinists claim that 'intervention' means full-scale military invasion. Times, Sunday Times Black cannot prevent the invasion. Times, Sunday Times The police guarding the centre failed to prevent the invasion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dominant arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can prevent the invasion of non-mycorrhizal plants on land where they have established symbiosis and promote their mycorrhizal host. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Police attempted to form a cordon to prevent the invasion but were ineffective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fifteenth-century documents record that he prevented an invasion of storks by his blessing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 入侵 Japanese: 侵略 |
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