释义 |
comradecom‧rade /ˈkɒmrəd, -reɪd $ ˈkɑːmræd/ noun [countable] comradeOrigin: 1500-1600 French camarade, from Old Spanish camarada ‘group of people sleeping in one room, friend’, from cámara ‘room’, from Late Latin camera; ➔ CHAMBER - Comrade Yanayev has arrived.
- Thirty-five of the Americans killed in the war were accidentally killed by their comrades.
- And the same tensions continued after 1975 as southern Communists balked at domination by their northern comrades.
- For six months they had seen good comrades die unnecessarily; even their own generals had abandoned them.
- I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army.
- They belonged to every organization, social club, old comrades association, and church for miles around.
- We have even found ourselves teaching a little bit of linguistics, since some of the comrades seemed interested.
ADJECTIVE► old· They belonged to every organization, social club, old comrades association, and church for miles around.· Back home in 1960, An was working for Reuters when his old Communist comrades contacted him.· Yrtle and Finreir, two of his old comrades from the Tower of Hoeth agreed to go with him.· Endo-wed with a prodigious memory, he remembered the names of old comrades, or evoked events dating back decades.· That is, they would have the worst jobs, occupying the positions of most danger against their old comrades.· Each year old comrades gather in London for a reunion dinner.· Boris, my old comrade, I can see what you game is.· For example, that was the view that he had expressed to his old wartime comrade Maurice Schumann in February 1958. VERB► fall· He fell asleep among his comrades.· Shots again rang out as the sergeant tried to check on his fallen comrades. 1formal a friend, especially someone who shares difficult work or danger: He misses his comrades from his days in the army.2socialists or communists often call each other ‘comrade’, especially in meetings: Comrades, please support this motion.—comradely adjective |