[N-COUNT 可数名词]远征；探险 An expedition is an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration.
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...Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica.
伯德1928年前往南极洲的探险
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]远征队；探险队 You can refer to a group of people who are going on an expedition as an expedition .
Forty-three members of the expedition were killed.
探险队中43名成员遇难。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]远足；短途旅行 An expedition is a short journey or trip that you make for pleasure.
Caroline joined them on the shopping expeditions.
卡罗琳加入了他们的购物之旅。
...a fishing expedition.
垂钓之旅
Oxford
ex·ped·ition/ˌekspəˈdɪʃn; NAmEˌekspəˈdɪʃn/noun1an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known 远征；探险；考察◆to plan/lead/go on an expeditionto the North Pole 计划╱带队╱去北极探险2the people who go on an expedition远征队；探险队；考察队◆Three members of the Everest expedition were killed.三名珠穆朗玛峰探险队员遇难。3( sometimes humorous) a short trip that you make when you want or need sth （短途的）旅行，出行◆a shopping expedition外出购物☞synonyms at
1[countable] a long and carefully organized journey, especially to a dangerous or unfamiliar place, or the people that make this journey: an expedition to the North Pole another Everest expeditionon an expedition He went on an expedition to Borneo.► see thesaurus at
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2[countable] a short journey, usually made for a particular purposeSYN trip: a shopping expedition a fishing expeditionCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbsgo on an expedition· After the war, Swainson went on an expedition to Patagonia.make an expedition (=go on an expedition)· The men made expeditions to Spain, Greece and Asia Minor to find fossils.set off on an expedition (also embark on an expedition formal) (=leave at the start of an expedition)· Trent set off on an expedition to collect plants with fellow botanical students.mount/launch an expedition (=plan, organize, and begin an expedition)· Ornithologists are mounting an expedition to the island in order to study the birds.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + expeditiona scientific expedition· He led the first major British scientific expedition to the Amazon.an Arctic/Antarctic expedition· I accompanied the explorer on one of his Arctic expeditions.a military expedition· The generals decided to launch a military expedition to the region.a punitive expedition (=one an army undertakes to punish someone)· The Afghan army mounted a punitive expedition against the local militia groups.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2NOUN + expeditiona shopping expedition (=when you go shopping)· I took Mary and the kids on a shopping expedition into Manchester.a fishing expedition· We’re organizing a fishing expedition to the lake for next week.a hunting expedition· He was joined on his hunting expedition by two local guides.a foraging expedition (=when you search for food)· On our foraging expedition into the woods, we found mushrooms and wild berries.verbsgo on an expedition· We decided to go on a shopping expedition to London.take someone on an expedition· He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next weekend.
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expedition
[ˌekspəˈdɪʃn]
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expeditions[864]
探险队(52%)，远征(43%)，迅速(5%)
n.远征；探险队；迅速
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