| 单词 | militia |
| 释义 | militiaWord family (noun) militancy militant the military militia militarism militarist (adjective) military militant militaristic militarized (adverb) militantly militarily From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishMilitarymilitiami‧li‧tia /məˈlɪʃə/ ●○○ noun [countable]PMa group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent armyHe joined the local militia as soon as he was 16.a militia leadera left-wing militia groupExamples from the Corpusmilitia• The colonists' principal instrument of slave control was the local militia.• In the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, the governor of Pennsylvania refused to call out the state militia.• The governor called out the militia, but it arrived too late.• It stated that the militias should dissolve by April 20,1991.• The militia would temporarily be in the hands of Parliament.• He left in 1803 without taking a degree and spent three years in a Wiltshire militia regiment.Origin militia (1500-1600) Latin “military service”, from miles; → MILITARY1 |
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