单词 | military |
释义 | military (once / 44 pages) nadj Ten, hut! So you'd like the definition of military? Yes, Sir! The adjective military is used to describe anything related to the armed forces or soldiers. Stemming from the Latin word for "soldier," military is a word that goes hand in hand with war. It's the military that protects a country's interests, lead by generals and powered by brave soldiers. When used as an adjective, military describes anything that's related to, well, the military: salutes, campaigns, uniforms, etc. WORD FAMILYmilitary: militaries, militarily, militarise, militarism, militarize, nonmilitary, unmilitary+/demilitarise: demilitarised/demilitarize: demilitarized, demilitarizes, demilitarizing/militarise: demilitarise, militarisation, militarised, remilitarise/militarism: militarisms, militarist, militaristic/militarist: militarists/militaristic: militaristically/militarize: demilitarize, militarization, militarized, militarizes, militarizing, remilitarize/remilitarise: remilitarisation/remilitarize: remilitarization, remilitarized, remilitarizes, remilitarizing/unmilitary: unmilitarily USAGE EXAMPLESMeanwhile, Islamic State militants launched an attack on the main road from Baghdad to Mosul, a key military supply route. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) “The military training is the only part of their activities that is still really active,” Verkhovsky said. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Israel’s military conquered the West Bank in a matter of days 50 years ago this June in a war against neighboring Arab states. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the military forces of a nation their military is the largest in the region the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker Syn|Hypo|Hyper armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine military reserve, reserve armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency force, personnel group of people willing to obey orders 2adj associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians military police Syn|Ant expeditionary (used of military forces) designed for military operations abroad martialof or relating to the armed forces combatantengaging in or ready for combat noncombatantmember of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon civilian associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military civilapplying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military noncombatantused of civilians in time of war 3adj characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military military uniforms Syn|Ant militaristic imbued with militarism martial, soldierlike, soldierly, warriorlike(of persons) befitting a warrior martial, warlikesuggesting war or military life nonmilitary, unmilitary not associated with soldiers or the military unsoldierlynot conforming to military standards 4adj of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare military law |
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