| 单词 | advanced guard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadvanced guard advanced guard n. = advance guard n.; cf. avant-garde n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > advanced guard forlorn hope1579 point1589 forlorn1645 advanced guard1677 advance party1686 advance guard1690 advance1780 1677 London Gaz. mccxliv. 4 Troops of the two Armies, who had the Advanced-guards. 1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France ii. 485 He quartered that day at the Village of Lonjumeau, his advanced Guard, at Montlehery. 1755 H. Sharpe Let. 30 Aug. in W. H. Browne Arch. Maryland (1888) VI. 276 They had an advanced Guard of 100 more French posted about a Mile beyond the Meadows. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 98 The advanced guard of the English army. 1898 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 5 Feb. 171/2 That is why Mr. Pinero, as a critic of the advanced guard in modern life, is unendurable to me. 1917 D. Haig Diary 3 May in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 290 As the wearing-out process of the Enemy continues, a moment will come when our advanced guards and cavalry will be able to progress. 1959 Times 20 Feb. 11/6 Poplar became the advanced guard in London Labour. 2006 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 June (Business section) 12 Britain, with London as its advanced guard, has opened itself to the globalisation of both capital and labour. < as lemmas |
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