| 单词 | the price of admiralty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe price of admiralty P2. the price of admiralty: the cost of achieving supreme naval control of the seas. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [noun] > consequences of seafaring the price of admiralty1893 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > flag officer > admiral > consequences of the price of admiralty1893 1893 R. Kipling Song of Eng. in Eng. Illustr. Mag. May 535 If blood be the price of admiralty Good God, we ha' paid in full! 1923 E. K. Chatterton Auxiliary Patrol viii. 121 By the end of the following year..three more motor-boats had also gone, with, of course, loss of life. Such was the inevitable price of Admiralty. 1989 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 16 July (Books) 6 There is no unifying theme that tells us what is, through different times and savage battles, the price of admiralty. 2002 P. D. Grove et al. Second World War III. 91/1 Some 5,100 ships totaling over 22 million tons were lost. The price of admiralty was indeed high. < as lemmas |
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