| 单词 | logistics |
| 释义 | logistics (once / 3528 pages) n When you sit down to plan a party and work out how many cups you need, where you'll put the chairs, and what time you'll start cooking, you are working out the logistics — the necessary details. Logistics can describe difficult, technical operations. Many colleges have departments of logistics, which teach students how to plan for complicated events, like wars. The term is often used in military contexts to describe how to get soldiers to a certain place with enough food, toilet paper, guns, ammunition, and transportation. You'll often hear logistics used in regular speech to describe any effort that requires some prior planning — even if it's just the logistics of picking someone up at the airport. WORD FAMILYlogistics: logistic, logistical+/logistic: logistically USAGE EXAMPLESThe monthly purchasing managers’ index by the Chinese Federation of Logistics and Purchasing was 51.4 in December, the second highest level of 2016. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Aside from the logistics, the hardest thing is balancing the children’s different needs. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Yet Uzbekistan occupies a strategic location in Central Asia and on an important logistics supply route for troops in Afghanistan. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) n handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed Hyper provision, supply, supplying the activity of supplying or providing something |
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