| 单词 | standing patrol |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding patrol b. Of an army, troops, etc.: maintained on a permanent basis, esp. in standing army, standing patrol.standing army is distinguished from military forces raised and disbanded according to need, as were the English armies before the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > [adjective] > regular standing1600 commanded1651 regular1653 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. v. xxi. 1350 In the pitch and top of the hill,..you shall see the tower called Militiarum; where, in old time the souldiors of Trajane kept their standing guard. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 235 He kept alwaies a standing armie of fortie thousand horse, and threescore thousand foot. 1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 24 Commissions for raiseing of horse and foote, which are to bee in the nature of a standing Militia. 1673 W. Temple Observ. United Provinces i. 22 The States first refused to raise any more moneys either for the Spaniards pay, or their own standing-Troops. 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 488 The King in his Speech requiring continuance of a standing force in stead of a Militia. 1732 J. Swift Beasts' Confession (1738) 17 'Twas known..That, Standing Troops were his Aversion. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxviii. 55 He kept a standing army of 6000 mercenaries in his pay. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 570 The standing navy of England consisted of sixteen ships. 1941 P. Richey Fighter Pilot 35 Germans..maintained a standing patrol on their own side, only crossing over to our side occasionally, and always very high. 2006 D. Runciman Politics of Good Intentions viii. 152 Al Qaeda seeks to possess many of the basic institutions of the state, including a standing army, a treasury, a permanent civil service, even a rudimentary welfare programme for its fighters and their families. < as lemmas |
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