英语词汇“pocket of resistance”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Military. An area held by troops who are surrounded by opposing forces; the body of troops occupying such an area; esp. in pocket of resistance (also in extended use).

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society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > [noun] > resisting > area of resistance

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1899 Washington Post 18 May 1/1 The enemy has been driven step by step into the pocket where nothing will be left for them but surrender or the mountains.

1916 Times 6 Nov. 8/1 They attacked..on their extreme right towards Le Transloy, and ‘cleared a pocket of Germans’.

1940 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 11 Dec. 4/1 British troops in Egypt now are dealing with ‘pockets of Italian resistance’ around the camps in the Sidi Barrani zone.

1945 Daily Express 12 Apr. 4/8 Full aid to liberated Europe..must wait not only until the German army is beaten, but until pockets of resistance have been wiped out.

1959 Listener 12 Feb. 287/1 Except for provincial pockets of resistance it is now as successful as any architecture is ever likely to be.

1975 G. St. George Proteus Pact (1976) i. 5 Kleist sat on top of an armored personnel carrier and watched the systematic elimination of pockets of resistance.

2005 Washington Post 4 Sept. a20/1 In one of the few pockets of fighting, insurgents fired seven rocket-propelled grenades at U.S. tanks.

单词	pocket of resistance
释义	> as lemmas pocket of resistance b. Military. An area held by troops who are surrounded by opposing forces; the body of troops occupying such an area; esp. in pocket of resistance (also in extended use). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > holding out or making stand > [noun] > resisting > area of resistance pocket1899 1899 Washington Post 18 May 1/1 The enemy has been driven step by step into the pocket where nothing will be left for them but surrender or the mountains. 1916 Times 6 Nov. 8/1 They attacked..on their extreme right towards Le Transloy, and ‘cleared a pocket of Germans’. 1940 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 11 Dec. 4/1 British troops in Egypt now are dealing with ‘pockets of Italian resistance’ around the camps in the Sidi Barrani zone. 1945 Daily Express 12 Apr. 4/8 Full aid to liberated Europe..must wait not only until the German army is beaten, but until pockets of resistance have been wiped out. 1959 Listener 12 Feb. 287/1 Except for provincial pockets of resistance it is now as successful as any architecture is ever likely to be. 1975 G. St. George Proteus Pact (1976) i. 5 Kleist sat on top of an armored personnel carrier and watched the systematic elimination of pockets of resistance. 2005 Washington Post 4 Sept. a20/1 In one of the few pockets of fighting, insurgents fired seven rocket-propelled grenades at U.S. tanks. extracted from pocketn.adj. < as lemmas
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