英语词汇“to make a demonstration”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

6. Military. A show of military force or of offensive movement, esp. (in the course of active hostilities) to engage the enemy's attention while other operations are going on elsewhere, or (in time of peace) to indicate readiness for active hostilities. Frequently in to make a demonstration. Recorded earliest in armed demonstration n. at armed adj.¹ Compounds. See also counter-demonstration n. at counter- prefix 2b(a).

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society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > show of force

show1548

show of force1606

armed demonstration1806

demonstration1806

demonstrationizing1882

1806 Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Mag. June 174 His Imperial and Royal Majesty engages to execute, without delay, the military arrangements agreed upon at Vienna, as well for the armed demonstration which is to facilitate the negotiation, as for the operations against the enemy which may ensue.

1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges 109 Prince Eugene..made demonstrations to attack the post of Masi, and to cross the Adige to La badia... [He] continued his demonstrations at Masi, until he heard that Colonel Batté had succeeded in throwing 500 men across the river.

1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara II. iv. 333 He last year made a demonstration against Julalabad, a district between Cabool and Peshawur.

1920 Atlantic Monthly July 131/2 The third step..should be an embargo; the fourth, a commercial blockade: the fifth, a naval demonstration; and the last, military occupancy.

1998 W. E. Parrish Frank Blair ix. 212 One of Frank's divisions..[was] sent to make a demonstration so as to create the impression that Charleston might be the army's destination.

单词	to make a demonstration
释义	> as lemmas to make a demonstration 6. Military. A show of military force or of offensive movement, esp. (in the course of active hostilities) to engage the enemy's attention while other operations are going on elsewhere, or (in time of peace) to indicate readiness for active hostilities. Frequently in to make a demonstration. Recorded earliest in armed demonstration n. at armed adj.¹ Compounds. See also counter-demonstration n. at counter- prefix 2b(a). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > show of force show1548 show of force1606 armed demonstration1806 demonstration1806 demonstrationizing1882 1806 Anti-Jacobin Rev. & Mag. June 174 His Imperial and Royal Majesty engages to execute, without delay, the military arrangements agreed upon at Vienna, as well for the armed demonstration which is to facilitate the negotiation, as for the operations against the enemy which may ensue. 1816 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges 109 Prince Eugene..made demonstrations to attack the post of Masi, and to cross the Adige to La badia... [He] continued his demonstrations at Masi, until he heard that Colonel Batté had succeeded in throwing 500 men across the river. 1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara II. iv. 333 He last year made a demonstration against Julalabad, a district between Cabool and Peshawur. 1920 Atlantic Monthly July 131/2 The third step..should be an embargo; the fourth, a commercial blockade: the fifth, a naval demonstration; and the last, military occupancy. 1998 W. E. Parrish Frank Blair ix. 212 One of Frank's divisions..[was] sent to make a demonstration so as to create the impression that Charleston might be the army's destination. extracted from demonstrationn. < as lemmas
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