noun
远征;探险;考察
an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known
to plan/lead/go on an expedition to the North Pole
计划 / 带队 / 去北极探险
远征队;探险队;考察队
the people who go on an expedition
Five members of Scott's expedition made it to the South Pole.
斯科特率领的探险队的五名成员一直来到了南极。
(短途的)旅行,出行
a short trip that you make when you want or need sth
a shopping expedition
外出购物
These are all words for an act of travelling to a place.以上各词均指旅行、旅游。
an act of travelling from one place to another, and usually back again通常指往返的旅行:
a business trip
出差
a five-minute trip by taxi
五分钟的出租车车程
an act of travelling from one place to another, especially when they are a long way apart尤指长途旅行:
a long and difficult journey across the mountains
漫长而艰难的翻山旅行
Trip , not journey , is the most basic word in this group. It is more frequent than journey and used in a wider range of contexts. A trip usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey , although it does not have to be. |
It is often short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult. In North American English journey is not used for short trips. |
a journey made for pleasure during which several different places are visited指游览多地的旅行、旅游:
a tour of Bavaria
巴伐利亚之旅
an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known指远征、探险、考察:
the first expedition to the South Pole
首次去南极的探险
a short trip made for pleasure, especially one that has been organized for a group of people尤指集体远足、短途旅行:
We went on an all-day excursion to the island.
我们到岛上去游览了一整天。
a short trip made for pleasure or education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day指集体出外游玩或学习,通常不超过一天:
The children were on a day's outing from school.
孩子们离校游览了一天。
a trip to somewhere for a day, especially for pleasure指一日游:
We had a day out at the beach.
我们在海滩玩了一天。
expedition
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N-COUNT 远征;探险
An expedition is an organized journey that is made for a particular purpose such as exploration....Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica.
伯德1928年前往南极洲的探险
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N-COUNT 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 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。
noun
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- a journey organized for a particular purpose
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- a journey taken for pleasure
- many summer excursions to the shore
- it was merely a pleasure trip
- after cautious sashays into the field
- Synonym: excursion jaunt outing junket pleasure trip sashay
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- a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
- Synonym: military expedition hostile expedition
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- the property of being prompt and efficient
- it was done with dispatch
- Synonym: dispatch despatch expeditiousness
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- an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
- an expedition was sent to explore Mars
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On the morning of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster
出发远征的那个早上,我醒来就有一种灾难即将来临的感觉。
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This was not by any means a daring expedition into the outback , it was a very unambitious exploration .
这绝不是什么冒险深入内地的远征,只是一次平淡无奇的探险而已。
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Five members of Scott 's expedition made it to the South Pole .
斯科特率领的探险队的五名成员一直来到了南极。
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His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition .
他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
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We need to find sponsorships for the expedition .
我们需要为这次探险找到赞助。
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During the expedition , they trekked ten to thirteen hours a day .
在探险期间,他们每天都要走十到十三个小时。
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The expedition was bedevilled by bad weather .
探险队深受恶劣天气的困扰。
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Lee had to fight hard for his place on the expedition
李不得不为在考察队中获得一席之地而苦苦争取。
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He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day
他决定把探险推迟到第二天。
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The expedition made the journey to its source by hovercraft .
探险队乘气垫船到达了它的源头。
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Some later expeditions fared better , though they were no better equipped .
虽然装备并未改善,但后来的一些探险进行得更好。
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A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs .
一支新的丹麦探险队又在那个遗址上进行一年一度的夏季挖掘。
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The best part of his expedition had been the rediscovery of his natural passion for making things .
他这次探险的最大收获就是重新发现了自己对动手制作物品与生俱来的热忱。
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How did you expect us to proceed on such a perilous expedition , through unknown terrain
你怎么能指望我们如此冒险地穿越未知的地域,继续这一探险?
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She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition .
她预言这次探险结局不会好。
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Forty-three members of the expedition were killed .
探险队中43名成员遇难。
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Caroline joined them on the shopping expeditions .
卡罗琳加入了他们的购物之旅。
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A Dr Matthew Owens was reported missing while on an expedition to north-eastern Turkey .
据报道,一位叫马修·欧文斯的博士在前往土耳其东北部考察的途中失踪了。
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They started on a dangerous expedition .
他们出发去进行一次危险的远征。
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We must fit the expedition out with the best equipment .
我们必须向探险队提供最好的装备。
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Some day someone will write the full epic of this exciting expedition .
总有一天有人会把这部激动人心的远征史诗全部写下来。
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And may I make so bold as to ask what institution sponsored your husband 's expedition ?
我能否冒昧地问一下,是什么机构资助你丈夫的探险?
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They have gone on an expedition to the antarctic .
他们到南极探险去了。
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He 's still hesitating about joining the expedition .
他对于参加这次探险队仍犹豫不决。
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I 've been on expeditions in many places like China , Pakistan and so on .
我曾在中国、巴基斯坦等许多地方探险。
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an expedition planned down to the last detail
计划详尽的探险
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The explorer organized an expedition to the North Pole .
那位考察者组织了一个去北极的探险队。
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The expedition team are now analysing their footage .
探险队现在正在分析他们拍摄的影像。
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The 12th expedition has been sent to explore this mysterious place , but their odds .
第12支探险队被派去探索这个神秘的地方,但她们成功的可能性看起来并不大。
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A British expedition last year came tantalisingly close to success , launching a robot to survey the expected resting site .
去年,一支英国探险队离成功近在咫尺,他们派出了一个机器人去考察经估测船只可能失事的地点。