单词 | elas |
释义 | > as lemmasELAS ELAS n. [ < modern Greek ΕΛΑΣ, initialism < the initial letters of Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός, lit. ‘Greek people's liberating army’ (the first letter is also sometimes interpreted as representing εθνικός national)] now historical the National People's Liberation Army, a communist-dominated guerrilla army created in the 1940s by the Greek National Liberation Front (see EAM n.) to fight against German occupation forces in Greece. ΚΠ 1943 N.Y. Times 18 Oct. 6/5 The E.L.A.S. has always employed violent shock tactics. 1945 W. S. Churchill Victory (1946) 7 I have been told that I made a mistake in under-rating the power of the Communist-directed E.L.A.S. 1994 L. de Bernières Capt. Corelli's Mandolin xxxiv. 219 You are not letting them through unless they join ELAS first. < as lemmas |
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