英语词汇“boots on the ground”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

boots on the ground: troops who are deployed on active service in a military operation; also in extended use. Cf. on the ground at ground n. 8b; perhaps cf. also sense 1d.

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1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 11 Apr. 7/2 Many American strategists now argue that even light, token US land forces—‘getting US combat boots on the ground’, as General [Volney F.] Warner puts it—would signal to an enemy that the US is physically guarding the area.]

1990 Summary World Broadcasts Pt. 4: Middle East, Afr. & Latin Amer. (B.B.C.) 3rd Ser. 22 Jan. ME/0668/B/3 Military analysts said if one took into account the effect of the shortened national service period, the SADF may be left with about 30% to 40% less ‘boots on the grounds [sic]’ than before.

1997 Signal May 36/2 This concentration of combat power at the decisive time and place, with less need to physically mass forces than in the past, will not obviate the ultimate ‘boots on the ground’ requirement in many operations.

2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 July c2/2 Investors today are looking to diversify their sources of information... When you look at..China, you realize that you need boots on the ground to understand what's happening.

2011 J. Tirman Deaths of Others vii. 230 The vaunted U.S. technological firepower was in effect used as a substitute for ‘boots on the ground’.

单词	boots on the ground
释义	> as lemmas boots on the ground boots on the ground: troops who are deployed on active service in a military operation; also in extended use. Cf. on the ground at ground n. 8b; perhaps cf. also sense 1d. ΚΠ 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 11 Apr. 7/2 Many American strategists now argue that even light, token US land forces—‘getting US combat boots on the ground’, as General [Volney F.] Warner puts it—would signal to an enemy that the US is physically guarding the area.] 1990 Summary World Broadcasts Pt. 4: Middle East, Afr. & Latin Amer. (B.B.C.) 3rd Ser. 22 Jan. ME/0668/B/3 Military analysts said if one took into account the effect of the shortened national service period, the SADF may be left with about 30% to 40% less ‘boots on the grounds [sic]’ than before. 1997 Signal May 36/2 This concentration of combat power at the decisive time and place, with less need to physically mass forces than in the past, will not obviate the ultimate ‘boots on the ground’ requirement in many operations. 2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 July c2/2 Investors today are looking to diversify their sources of information... When you look at..China, you realize that you need boots on the ground to understand what's happening. 2011 J. Tirman Deaths of Others vii. 230 The vaunted U.S. technological firepower was in effect used as a substitute for ‘boots on the ground’. extracted from bootn.³ < as lemmas
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