| 释义 |
de·tach·ment
\-chmənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French détachement, from détacher + -ment
1. : the act or fact of detaching : separation
< detachment of a leaf from a twig >
2.
a. : the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service
b. : the portion so dispatched
c. : a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and different in composition from normal units
< a medical detachment >
3. : indifference to worldly concerns or partisan opinion : absence of emotional bias : neutrality of feeling : unworldliness
< saintly detachment >
< the detachment necessary to an historian > |