| 单词 | reconnaissance |
| 释义 | reconnaissance (once / 2792 pages) n Reconnaissance is checking out a situation before taking action. Often it’s used as a military term, but you could also do reconnaissance on a new employee before you hire her, or a resort before you take a vacation. Reconnaissance is a noun, and it technically means “the act of reconnoitering.” Whoa. Never heard that word before? Reconnoitering is just a fancy way of saying that you’re checking something out — sometimes in a sneaky way. If you like a girl in your Spanish class, you might ask a friend to do some reconnaissance to find out what she’s like. The word comes from the French reconnaître, which means “recognize.” WORD FAMILYreconnaissance: reconnaissances+/reconnoitre: reconnaissance, reconnoitred, reconnoitres, reconnoitring/reconnoitring: reconnoitrings USAGE EXAMPLESBut the newbies here early hadn’t been able to perform much reconnaissance. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) He did a little informal reconnaissance in June when he was guest conductor with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) In the Middle East, the German air force flies reconnaissance only – no bombing. The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) n the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy) an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission Syn|Hypo|Hyper reconnaissance mission recce, recco, reccy reconnaissance (by shortening) exploratory survey, reconnoitering, reconnoitring, scoutingexploring in order to gain information air reconnaissancereconnaissance either by visual observation from the air or through the use of airborne sensors reconnaissance by firea method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire reconnaissance in forcean offensive operation designed to discover or test the enemy's strength (or to obtain other information) shuftia quick look around (originally military slang) electronic reconnaissancethe detection and identification and evaluation and location of foreign electromagnetic radiations (other than radioactive) intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation the operation of gathering information about an enemy |
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