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单词 marshal
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marshalverb [ T ]

uk/ˈmɑː.ʃəl/us/ˈmɑːr.ʃəl/-ll- or US usually -l-

to bring together or organize people or things in order to achieve a particular aim:

The fighting in the city followed reports of the rebels marshalling their forces in the countryside.
The company is marshalling its forces/resources for a long court case.
They had marshalled an armada of 1,000 boats to help clear up the oil.
It is unlikely that the rebels will be able to marshal as much firepower as the government troops.

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Collecting and amassing

  • a pack rat idiom
  • accumulate
  • amass
  • assemble
  • bank
  • bunch
  • collect
  • collector's item
  • compilation
  • concentration
  • garner
  • gather
  • glean
  • harvest
  • load up on sth
  • numismatics
  • philatelist
  • philately
  • scrape sth/sb together/up
  • store

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Managing and organizing

marshalnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈmɑː.ʃəl/us/ˈmɑːr.ʃəl/

marshal noun [ C ] (OFFICIAL)

UK an official who is involved in the running of a public event:

Marshals struggled in vain to prevent spectators rushing onto the racetrack.

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People in charge of or controlling other people

  • administrator
  • authority
  • bureaucrat
  • chairman
  • chairperson
  • force
  • giant
  • Goliath
  • guiding spirit
  • headman
  • helicopter parent
  • hierarchy
  • leader
  • on high idiom
  • operator
  • overlord
  • paymaster
  • pillar
  • powerhouse
  • your lord and master idiom

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marshal noun [ C ] (LEADER)

US someone who is involved in a public event, especially a famous person chosen to lead a parade:

The parade's grand marshal carried an elaborately carved staff.

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People in charge of or controlling other people

  • administrator
  • authority
  • bureaucrat
  • chairman
  • chairperson
  • force
  • giant
  • Goliath
  • guiding spirit
  • headman
  • helicopter parent
  • hierarchy
  • leader
  • on high idiom
  • operator
  • overlord
  • paymaster
  • pillar
  • powerhouse
  • your lord and master idiom

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marshal noun [ C ] (LAW)

US a government official who is responsible for putting the decisions of a law court into action:

US marshals specialize in finding fugitives and escapees.

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Government ministers & civil servants

  • aide
  • am
  • attorney general
  • backbencher
  • cabinet
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • functionary
  • government
  • Home Secretary
  • kitchen cabinet
  • mandarin
  • private secretary
  • public servant
  • regulator
  • secretary
  • Secretary of State
  • senior statesman
  • the Privy Council
  • undersecretary
  • Whitehall

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Lawyers & legal officials

marshal noun [ C ] (OFFICER)

also Marshal a title used for important officers in the armed forces of some countries:

a field marshal/air vice marshal
Marshal Pétain
[ as form of address ] Yes, Marshal.

also Marshal a title used for police or fire officers in some parts of the US:

The deputy state fire marshal led the arson investigation.
[ as form of address ] Thank you, Marshal.

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General ranks in the armed forces

  • ADC
  • adjutant
  • aide-de-camp
  • artificer
  • C-in-C
  • captain
  • co-
  • commandant
  • commander-in-chief
  • commissioned officer
  • five-star
  • flash
  • four-star
  • Lt
  • NCO
  • non-commissioned officer
  • officer
  • ranking
  • top brass

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