| 单词 | armed |
| 释义 | armed (ɑːʳmd ) 1. adjective B2 Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun. City police said the man was armed with a revolver. ...a barbed-wire fence patrolled by armed guards. The rebels are well organised, disciplined and very well armed. Synonyms: carrying weapons, provided, prepared, supplied 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 An armed attack or conflict involves people fighting with guns or carrying weapons. I call on everyone to renounce the use of violence and armed struggle. They had been found guilty of armed robbery. 3. See also arm2, -armed -armed (-ɑːʳmd ) 1. combining form -armed is used with adjectives to indicate what kind of arms someone has. ...plump-armed women in cotton dresses. 2. combining form -armed is used with adjectives such as ' nuclear' and nouns such as ' missile' to form adjectives that indicate what kind of weapons an army or person has. ...nuclear-armed navy vessels. 3. See also armed Idioms: armed to the teeth having or carrying a lot of weapons or very effective weapons The police are grossly underpaid and underequipped while the criminals are armed to the teeth with the latest weapons. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: armed bodyguard They arrived on the island last week with an armed bodyguard. Times, Sunday Times (2014) She is so precious that she has an armed bodyguard at all times. The Sun (2008) What would have been the position of an armed bodyguard who might be obliged to open fire on alien soil? The Bullet Catchers (1989) A second armed clash in 1988 was resolved when the two countries agreed to withdraw their militaries from the border. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An armed clash between the guerrillas and police ensued and one of the guerillas was wounded. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The incident developed into an armed clash. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Last week it erupted into armed clashes between the factions. Times, Sunday Times There were armed clashes and fatalities in some villages over the following two years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All that may appear to help us to deal with the reality of armed combat. Times, Sunday Times Trading stocks and bonds was the next thing to armed combat. Times, Sunday Times Some people refuse to engage in armed combat but choose to act as medical orderlies or relief workers. The Sun Aside from use in armed combat, its bridges are also used in relief and rescue efforts, usually after earthquakes or floods. Times, Sunday Times It has preferred the term 'armed combat'. Times, Sunday Times The word 'war' itself tends to be clouded over in favour of 'conflict', 'engagement', 'armed confrontation', 'intervention', and so on. Times, Sunday Times About half of these daily patrols involve some sort of armed confrontation with the gangs, they said. Times, Sunday Times The government has sent negotiators to hammer out a settlement in an attempt to avoid an armed confrontation. Times, Sunday Times Heavy feuding resumed, which nearly reached armed confrontation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The escape attempt failed due to the jamming of the recreation yard door and turned into an armed confrontation which lasted two days. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When federal troops turned up they ran into an armed convoy and came under fire. Times, Sunday Times Those who occasionally brave the fiveminute drive to the governor's office do so in armed convoys, surrounded by bodyguards and travelling at high speed. Times, Sunday Times And in 1993 accredited journalists moving in armed convoys were not the same target as they are today. Times, Sunday Times So, in the autumn of 2008, it was easy to spot the armed convoys and teams of geologists as they fanned out across the countryside. Times, Sunday Times Stolen gas canisters were being taken to some of the city's most notorious favelas, or slums, where many armed criminal gangs are based, he said. Times, Sunday Times The militias - effectively armed criminal gangs - still threaten 80 per cent of the park. Times, Sunday Times Police associations say that the attacks underline a disturbing new trend of increasingly desperate armed criminals willing to take on officers. Times, Sunday Times And we have to hit the armed criminals. canada.com Meanwhile, a group of armed criminals has escaped from a nearby prison. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But despite repeated assurances of improved security, it was not possible to travel to the district last week without an armed escort. Times, Sunday Times Even with that armed escort, our driver advised us to be quick because this was not a place for sightseers. Times,Sunday Times Prosecutors want jurors granted anonymity and given an armed escort to and from the trial. The Sun Even when they relented, the turkey was only allowed in under cover of night, with an armed escort. Times, Sunday Times Underlining the chaotic nature of the recovery operation, a minibus carrying the rebels' armed escort for the crash investigators broke down as it was leaving, and had to be push-started. Times, Sunday Times Convoys of heavily armed fighters have been flooding out of the city towards the town, residents said. Times, Sunday Times Four 20 mm cannon were mounted in the nose; the 600 lb/minute fire rate made it the most heavily armed fighter aircraft of its era. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But any armed fighters who are not deemed part of the regular military, such as mercenaries, step outside the main body of law. Times, Sunday Times By 1977, the party had an estimated 6-8000 armed fighters, and about a million sympathizers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The scenes were intercut with police officers who chase armed fighters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They faced a conventional armed force with deadly air power, a navy and soldiers trained by America. The Sun (2012) The most egregious examples involve the use of armed force. The Times Literary Supplement (2013) This is not about whether such an inquiry is desirable in the public interest, or whether the use of armed force was lawful in international law. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Some nights earlier, an armed gang arrived at 2am. Times, Sunday Times Armed gang tricked their way into vault and left with valuables worth estimated 40million. The Sun They are guided by armed gang members known as coyotes — for a hefty fee. The Sun You're holed up in your cellar by an armed gang. Times, Sunday Times The cops from two different eras are hunting for an armed gang. The Sun Then the guy who was clearly the head of the armed group spoke to us. Times, Sunday Times The police broke down the door to the shop, only to find large, armed group of defenders waiting for them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They were unhurt and managed to burn the plane, but were ambushed shortly afterwards by an armed group of locals who took them prisoner. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But there was an armed group who advances towards them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The authorities, he made clear, were too weak to control the armed groups. Times, Sunday Times Some might say, at worst, armed insurrection. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It was hard to square his earlier talk of armed insurrection with this offer to act as a consultant to the British government. KANDAHAR COCKNEY: A Tale of Two Worlds (2004) There was no exemption for those engaged in an armed insurrection and an armed struggle against a government. Times, Sunday Times (2012) His legal team argued that he had acted 'instinctively' when faced by an armed intruder. Times, Sunday Times The union said that teachers were at risk from gangs and armed intruders in the school. Times, Sunday Times He was hiding from two armed intruders when he fell. Times, Sunday Times The five men were captured by 40 heavily armed militia wearing police commando uniforms. The Sun (2007) The troops were trying to withdraw from the city and were surrounded by thousands of civilians and armed militia. Times, Sunday Times (2007) No democracy could reasonably define an armed militia as a political party. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It begins when armed militia raid a village in the Sudan. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The police force deployed every armed officer they had to hunt him as he drove south in his silver-grey car. Times, Sunday Times He said every armed officer should carry them. Times, Sunday Times Within minutes an armed officer called over to him. Times, Sunday Times Another example would be provoking an armed officer into using lethal force against them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More than 200 armed officers swooped on homes in the western suburbs of the city around dawn yesterday. Times, Sunday Times Riven by ideological differences, the armed opposition has consistently failed to unite under one leader, or even one vision. Times, Sunday Times For the time being, no reference to armed opposition against the occupying forces was made in the text. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This marked the beginning of the decline of armed opposition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It began in 1991, when a coalition of clan-based armed opposition groups ousted the nation's long-standing military government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This effort was met with armed opposition that forced the location of the canal further inland. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But trying to stamp out a popular armed rebellion using brute force alone rarely succeeds. Times, Sunday Times After months of military sieges, the protests evolved into an armed rebellion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over 1,700 individuals were indicted in military courts for armed rebellion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In some countries, struggles for civil rights were accompanied, or followed, by civil unrest and even armed rebellion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His writings at this time reflect his firm idea in an armed rebellion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He and others were said to be calling for armed resistance. Times, Sunday Times At a virtual event, she urged upon her student audience the pleasures of armed resistance to everything. Times,Sunday Times Some have even given warning of a return to armed resistance should it be approved. Times, Sunday Times She now changes her terms of reference to 'active resistance', by which she probably means 'armed resistance'. The Times Literary Supplement Then came the first signs of local armed resistance, with the ambushing of patrols and the defections of soldiers. Times, Sunday Times POLICE have apologised after wrongly identifying an innocent man as an armed robber in an online press release. The Sun (2015) An armed robber was caught in the act as he tried to hold up a shop where his former mother-in-law worked. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He says: 'My mum worked in a salon and my stepdad was an armed robber. The Sun (2012) This turkey's loaded An armed robber who tried to steal a car was foiled when a shopper beat him round the head with a frozen turkey. Times, Sunday Times (2008) AN armed robber jailed for life has got 500 compensation after protesting he spent too long waiting for a transfer to an open prison. The Sun (2014) The armed services are fighting small but nasty wars on the cheap and are getting fed up with inadequate equipment. Times, Sunday Times They are worried it would act as a recruiting tool for the armed services. The Sun Today the armed services employ 278 chaplains at a cost of 22 million a year. Times, Sunday Times Organisers said the games for injured or sick armed services personnel could still go ahead next year. The Sun Matters of good manners and etiquette must be a constant worry in the modern armed services. Times, Sunday Times An armed soldier stood guard at the main gate of the barracks and there was a heavy police presence. The Sun At every junction and path with the main road, an armed soldier stood guard. The Sun And you can't send an armed soldier to solve a situation in which people are clamouring for food. Times, Sunday Times The locals must have found the sight of heavily armed soldiers in body armour threatening. The Sun Heavily armed soldiers ringed the ground to keep the disorder within from being augmented by the disorder without. Times, Sunday Times During these years there was open violence and armed struggle. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994) He had opposed apartheid with great courage and led the armed struggle against it. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The young had left to join the armed struggle. Somewhere East of Life (1994) There was little connection between the people and the armed struggle. The Tribes Triumphant (2006) There was no exemption for those engaged in an armed insurrection and an armed struggle against a government. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Two officers found the armed suspect and police marksmen were sent. Times, Sunday Times The armed suspect was wounded, while the two remaining suspects fled on foot under cover of darkness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It shows cops breaking doors and chasing potentially armed suspects. The Sun The forces also each have units to deal with protests, riot control or heavily armed suspects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The police notified school administrators of possible armed suspects in the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The teenage driver abandoned his vehicle in rush-hour traffic after being confronted by the armed thug. The Sun The armed thugs hide among islands before striking and then retreating back into cover. The Sun There were soldiers and armed thugs everywhere, and occasional crackles of gunfire. Times, Sunday Times Here, he's a police negotiator who tries to save a family taken hostage by a group of armed thugs. The Sun They showed remarkable discipline in refusing to open fire despite the provocation from armed thugs. The Sun Conflicts over the control of lands for grazing and farming could and did erupt into armed violence. Times, Sunday Times The campaign of armed violence began in 1984. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This illustration highlights the value of accounting for all forms of armed violence rather than an exclusive focus on conflict related violence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They agree to strengthen their efforts to integrate armed violence reduction and conflict prevention programs into national, regional, and multilateral development frameworks and strategies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Worsening private armed violence was a serious security concern which had the capacity to undermine the 2010 elections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In asymmetrical warfare (small groups of non-state warriors against heavily armed states) this phenomenon becomes even more critical. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Concrete barriers and heavily armed police protected it from protesters. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The five men were captured by 40 heavily armed militia wearing police commando uniforms. The Sun (2007) After a while, we progress from heavily armed cats to other animals, usually donkeys and kangaroos. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It was flanked by dozens of heavily armed members of the country 's military elite. Times, Sunday Times (2014) It weighs five tonnes and has a lightly armed cockpit with a steel reinforced framework. Times, Sunday Times And when they were deployed in action, they were often mishandled by generals who had no understanding of the strengths, and weaknesses, of lightly armed raiders. Times, Sunday Times However, drones are lightly armed and much less effective at trying to stop an army. Times, Sunday Times Unlike the insurgents who have great courage but are lightly armed, he has a monopoly of air power and a massive preponderance of tanks and heavy artillery. Times, Sunday Times The swampy terrain was advantageous for lightly armed pagans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 武装的 Japanese: 武装した |
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