| 单词 | paramilitary |
| 释义 | paramilitary (once / 6345 pages) adjn A group that's described as being paramilitary resembles an organized army. During the American Revolutionary War, the minutemen were a paramilitary group that fought in the earliest battles. When civilians organize themselves (or are organized) into a group that appears to be military, or that assists actual military troops, that's a paramilitary organization. You can also call it, simply, a paramilitary. The early twentieth century word combines the prefix para-, "near" or "resembling," and military, from its Latin root militaris, "of soldiers or war." WORD FAMILYparamilitary: paramilitaries, paramilitarily USAGE EXAMPLESWang was formerly the commander of China’s armed paramilitary police force for five years. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Police and paramilitary forces arrived in large numbers and fired bullets above the crowd, according to campaigners at Free Tibet. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) Hardly anyone looked askance at his passion for guns and for training youths in paramilitary tactics. New York Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1adj of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit 2n a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops) Syn|Hypo|Hyper paramilitary force, paramilitary organisation, paramilitary organization, paramilitary unit fedayeen (plural) Arab guerrillas who operate mainly against Israel Fedayeen Saddam, Saddam's Martyrsa feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents force, personnel group of people willing to obey orders |
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