| 释义 |
Noun: expedition `ekspi'dishun- A military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
- military expedition, hostile expedition - An organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
"an expedition was sent to explore Mars" - A journey organized for a particular purpose
- A journey taken for pleasure
- excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, sashay [N. Amer] - The property of being prompt and efficient
- dispatch, despatch [Brit], expeditiousness
Derived forms: expeditions See also: expeditionary, expeditious Type of: campaign, celerity, journey, journeying, military campaign, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, working group, working party [Brit] Encyclopedia: Expedition |