| 单词 | march |
| 释义 | march (mɑːʳtʃ ) Word forms: marches , marching , marched 1. verb When soldiers march somewhere, or when a commanding officer marches them somewhere, they walk there with very regular steps, as a group. A Scottish battalion was marching down the street. [VERB preposition/adverb] Captain Ramirez called them to attention and marched them off to the main camp. [VERB noun adverb/preposition] We marched fifteen miles to Yadkin River. [V amount/n] The ice was not thick enough to bear the weight of marching men. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: parade, walk, file, pace March is also a noun. After a short march, the column entered the village. 1. a day's march phrase [usu PHR prep/adv] A day's march is the distance that a group of soldiers can march in one day. The Colonel and his forces were camped on the plain of Tuna, a day's march north of Phari. 2. on the march phrase [oft verb-link PHRASE] If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere. Synonyms: advancing, marching, progressing, proceeding 2. verb When a large group of people march for a cause, they walk somewhere together in order to express their ideas or to protest about something. The demonstrators then marched through the capital chanting slogans and demanding free elections. [VERB preposition/adverb] Hundreds of activists marked the holy day by marching for peace and disarmament. [VERB preposition/adverb] March is also a noun. Organisers expect up to 300,000 protesters to join the march. marcher Word forms: marchers countable noun Fights between police and marchers lasted for three hours. 3. verb If you say that someone marches somewhere, you mean that they walk there quickly and in a determined way, for example because they are angry. He marched into the kitchen without knocking. [VERB preposition/adverb] 4. verb If you march someone somewhere, you force them to walk there with you, for example by holding their arm tightly. Nearly 700 prisoners were marched away. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb] I marched him across the room, down the hall and out onto the doorstep. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 5. singular noun The march of something is its steady development or progress. It is easy to feel trampled by the relentless march of technology. Society's march toward ever-increasing materialism was continuing. 6. countable noun A march is a piece of music with a regular rhythm that you can march to. A military band played Russian marches and folk tunes. 7. your marching orders phrase If you give someone their marching orders, you tell them that you no longer want or need them, for example as your employee or as your lover. [British] They've had their marching orders. What does it take for a woman to say 'that's enough' and give her man his marching orders? 8. to steal a march on someone phrase If you steal a march on someone, you start doing something before they do it in order to gain an advantage over them. If its strategy succeeds, Mexico could even steal a march on its northern neighbour. March Word forms: Marches variable noun A1 March is the third month of the year in the Western calendar. I flew to Milan in early March. She was born in Austria on 6 March, 1920. The election could be held as early as next March. Idioms: march to a different drummer [journalism] to act in accordance with beliefs or expectations which are different from those of your colleagues or friends The state-supported school marches to a different drummer, and I will permit it to continue to do so. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers steal a march to do something before someone else and so gain an advantage over them Investors from other countries will be annoyed that their Japanese competitors have once again stolen a march on them. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: attend a march Several schools closed to allow pupils to attend the march. Times,Sunday Times Thousands of people attend a march. Times, Sunday Times Around 250,000 people have attended the march until 2010. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The attacker marched amongst the procession with tens of thousands of people attending the march. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Around 1500 people were estimated to have attended this march. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Plain old two-dimensional archive pictures would have been just as effective, though, but you can't halt the march of progress. Times, Sunday Times That way we can halt the march of the greedy energy companies - many of them foreign-owned - that hold us to ransom. Times, Sunday Times And of course we all know that no one can halt the march of time. Times, Sunday Times Traditional dieting every day seems like a slow, inevitable march to failure. Times, Sunday Times Silly old them, smirked historians, opposing the inevitable march of progress. Times, Sunday Times However, despite its remoteness, the region had begun its inevitable march towards modernity, leaving behind a once thriving pottery industry. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In an unprecedented rallying cry, we are calling on 400 to join the march honouring their comrades. The Sun Scouts and sea cadets are due to join the march — which last year drew more than 1,000 spectators. The Sun But he was the only candidate to refuse to join a march against the cuts organised by the party's union paymasters. Times, Sunday Times To download the track and join the march, go to beatbullying.org/bigmarch. Times, Sunday Times He had given all his staff the day off to join the march. The Star (South Africa) He comes up with the idea of a mass march. Times,Sunday Times The opposition plans a mass march to the building in protest. Times, Sunday Times In 1929 the union planned a mass march against joblessness, claiming 35,000 unemployed, but was unable to secure a parade permit from the police. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Handfuls of them emerged yesterday - two or three brave individuals, a dozen at most - but nothing to approach the mass marches of the previous nine days. Times, Sunday Times Public fear and anger at the dismissal and what it signifies has been unprecedented, with the opposition calling for mass marches and protests tomorrow. Times, Sunday Times A week before, about 150,000 people held a peace march. Times, Sunday Times The pair had planned the march that took place yesterday, which turned from a peace march into a memorial. Times, Sunday Times My first peace march since 1970, and memories of threatened arrests surface. Globe and Mail Could this be the peace march turning ugly? Globe and Mail He frequently spoke at rallies and conferences and could often be found at peace marches or protests. Globe and Mail Last week barristers held a silent march, with some of the city's judges voicing their concerns to the media. Times, Sunday Times In the evening survivors and bereaved families will take part in a 'silent march' to remember the dead and seek justice. Times, Sunday Times A silent march was organised to commemorate his death. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several events including a dance and a street march are held. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Wildcat strikes and street marches are old hat. The Sun As for the vaunted street marches by public sector strikers, where are they? The Sun But critics accused his team of being more interested in street marches and infighting. The Sun Players led a protest against the board and fans went on street marches in support of the pair. The Sun And it's not an inevitable victory march any longer. Times, Sunday Times He was put in charge of restoring morale following the 1919 police strike and also organised the policing of the victory march and other commemorations of the war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The monostrophic odes seem to have been composed for victory marches or processions, whereas the triadic odes appear suited to choral dances. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 行军, 前进, 三月 Japanese: 行進, 行進する, 三月 |
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