英语词汇“militia”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

militia

/mɪˈlɪʃə

noun

1A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency: creating a militia was no answer to the army’s manpower problem [mass noun]: small detachments of militia...

These elites raised militias that freed U.S. forces from town security duties and joined garrison soldiers to hunt guerrillas in the boondocks.
Military forces - and this included the various state militias - were raised to defend the country against England, France, and Spain.
In fact, Esdaile asserts that, among the Spanish, the bulk of hard fighting was carried on not by popular forces like urban militias or guerrillas, but a much-maligned and suspected regular army.

1.1A military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army.After weeks of dreadful anticipation, a rebel militia advances against government forces....

The size of the military forces of the opposing militias has been subject to exaggeration.
It is this dynamic that the intelligent field commander of a local militia or opposition group exploits.

1.2(In the US) all able-bodied civilians eligible by law for military service.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin, literally 'military service', from miles, milit- 'soldier'.

单词	militia
释义	militia /mɪˈlɪʃə / noun 1A military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency: creating a militia was no answer to the army’s manpower problem [mass noun]: small detachments of militia... These elites raised militias that freed U.S. forces from town security duties and joined garrison soldiers to hunt guerrillas in the boondocks. Military forces - and this included the various state militias - were raised to defend the country against England, France, and Spain. In fact, Esdaile asserts that, among the Spanish, the bulk of hard fighting was carried on not by popular forces like urban militias or guerrillas, but a much-maligned and suspected regular army. 1.1A military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army.After weeks of dreadful anticipation, a rebel militia advances against government forces.... The size of the military forces of the opposing militias has been subject to exaggeration. It is this dynamic that the intelligent field commander of a local militia or opposition group exploits. 1.2(In the US) all able-bodied civilians eligible by law for military service. Origin Late 16th century: from Latin, literally 'military service', from miles, milit- 'soldier'. Rhymes Fischer, fisher, fissure, justiciar, Laetitia, Patricia, Phoenicia, Tricia
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militia

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