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posse n.一队；地方治安团队 (1) 一队警察驾车追上了正在逃跑的银行抢动犯。(2) 我上任的时候把我的团队和副手都带过来了，而他不喜欢我这样。(3) 武装队正追捕那贼。(4) 那位行政司法长官说，警察们可以在关口截住那些亡命之徒。 The classic image of a posse is from the Old West, of a group of armed cowboys on horses, in pursuit of an outlaw. Originally the term was posse comitatus, Latin meaning the force of the country. Today, the word posse is used most often to refer to a group of friends or people with some common interest, in a somewhat joking way, like your posse that gets together to hit all the garage sales together.

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英 ['pɒsi] 美 ['pɑːsi] (1) The posse rode down the escaping bank robber.(2) I come in here with my posse and my deputies but he doesn't like that.(3) The posse are pursuing the thief.(4) The sheriff said that the posse could head off the outlaws at the pass. A posse is group of people who help the police force when necessary. In a classic Western movie, when the sheriff gathers together a posse, its members usually work to find and arrest the bad guys. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]一群；一队；一批 A posse of people is a group of people with the same job or purpose.   [N of n]  [INFORMAL 非正式]...a posse of reporters...一群记者A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.马什的一群朋友劝他们说这是个馊主意。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（旧时美国县治安官调集协助其追捕罪犯的）民防团 In former times, in the United States, a posse was a group of men who were brought together by the local law officer to help him chase and capture a criminal.

英语单词	posse
英美音标	英 ['pɒsi] 美 ['pɑːsi]
中文释义	n.一队；地方治安团队
英语例句	(1) The posse rode down the escaping bank robber. (2) I come in here with my posse and my deputies but he doesn't like that. (3) The posse are pursuing the thief. (4) The sheriff said that the posse could head off the outlaws at the pass.
中文例句	(1) 一队警察驾车追上了正在逃跑的银行抢动犯。 (2) 我上任的时候把我的团队和副手都带过来了，而他不喜欢我这样。 (3) 武装队正追捕那贼。 (4) 那位行政司法长官说，警察们可以在关口截住那些亡命之徒。
vocabulary简明	A posse is group of people who help the police force when necessary. In a classic Western movie, when the sheriff gathers together a posse, its members usually work to find and arrest the bad guys.
vocabulary扩展	The classic image of a posse is from the Old West, of a group of armed cowboys on horses, in pursuit of an outlaw. Originally the term was posse comitatus, Latin meaning the force of the country. Today, the word posse is used most often to refer to a group of friends or people with some common interest, in a somewhat joking way, like your posse that gets together to hit all the garage sales together.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一群；一队；一批 A posse of people is a group of people with the same job or purpose. [N of n] [INFORMAL 非正式] ...a posse of reporters... 一群记者 A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea. 马什的一群朋友劝他们说这是个馊主意。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（旧时美国县治安官调集协助其追捕罪犯的）民防团 In former times, in the United States, a posse was a group of men who were brought together by the local law officer to help him chase and capture a criminal.

Posse Group People Sheriff Force Classic Bad Friends