英语词汇“fallback position”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fallback position n. (a) Military a place of retreat; (b) an alternative plan or course of action that may be used in an emergency or when other options have failed or become unavailable; = sense B. 3b.

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1945 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 19 Mar. 1/6 There are few Nationalist regulars in the south, which has been counted upon as a fallback position if present peace efforts fail.

1959 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) 15 Mar. a2/1 An airlift always provides a fallback position, though a poor one, but at present we have no difficulty in using normal transportation in order to maintain the stocks.

1982 R. Sheppard & M. Valpy National Deal xiii. 265 Ottawa has a last ditch fallback position—a national referendum to legitimize the charter of rights.

1998 E. J. Drea In Service of Emperor (2003) iv. 47 After MacArthur's exit from the islands, Australia served as his fallback position and base for an eventual advance against the Japanese.

2015 Times (Nexis) 9 Nov. Mr Cameron's preference is to hold the referendum in June if the summit goes well, with the autumn a less-favoured fallback position.

单词	fallback position
释义	> as lemmas fallback position fallback position n. (a) Military a place of retreat; (b) an alternative plan or course of action that may be used in an emergency or when other options have failed or become unavailable; = sense B. 3b. ΚΠ 1945 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 19 Mar. 1/6 There are few Nationalist regulars in the south, which has been counted upon as a fallback position if present peace efforts fail. 1959 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) 15 Mar. a2/1 An airlift always provides a fallback position, though a poor one, but at present we have no difficulty in using normal transportation in order to maintain the stocks. 1982 R. Sheppard & M. Valpy National Deal xiii. 265 Ottawa has a last ditch fallback position—a national referendum to legitimize the charter of rights. 1998 E. J. Drea In Service of Emperor (2003) iv. 47 After MacArthur's exit from the islands, Australia served as his fallback position and base for an eventual advance against the Japanese. 2015 Times (Nexis) 9 Nov. Mr Cameron's preference is to hold the referendum in June if the summit goes well, with the autumn a less-favoured fallback position. extracted from fallbackadj.n. < as lemmas
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