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单词 hors de combat
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Definition of hors de combat in English:

hors de combat

adjectiveˌɔː də ˈkɒ̃bɑːˌɔr də ˌkɑmˈbɑ
  • Out of action due to injury or damage.

    因受伤(或受损)丧失战斗力的,伤残的

    their pilots had been rendered temporarily hors de combat

    他们的飞行员暂时丧失了战斗能力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From the perspective of the customary rule as stated by the ICRC, it is not clear whether the WP munitions were being used to render insurgents hors de combat.
    • International humanitarian law explicitly permits warring parties to engage in certain acts regardless of whether they happen to cause hors de combat enemy personnel to experience feelings of humiliation.
    • The Geneva Conventions impose on those that become hors de combat the obligation to cease all combatant actions.
    • They are hors de combat, literally, out of combat, until such time as they take a hostile action such as attempting to escape.
    • If so, they are not hors de combat and not protected from attack.
    • These persons hors de combat are the wounded and sick, shipwrecked, prisoners of war and civilians.
    • The first two conventions cover members of armed forces involved in a conflict who are no longer able to fight (hors de combat is the legal term).
    • As many cases may arise, all of which it is impossible to meet specifically, I propose the following additional articles based upon the single general principle that combattants naufrauges, being ipso facto combatants hors de combat, are incapable of serving again during the war, unless recaptured or until duly exchanged.
    • 7.1 Persons not, or no longer, taking part in military operations, including civilians, members of armed forces who have laid down their weapons and persons placed hors de combat by reason of sickness, wounds or detention, shall, in all circumstances, be treated humanely and without any adverse distinction based on race, sex, religious convictions or any other ground.
    • Bassett shows that de Selby was hors de combat from his long-standing gall-bladder disorders at least immediately before the passages were composed.
    Synonyms
    ill, unwell, sick, on the sick list, infirm, poorly, ailing, not well, not very well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts, not up to par, below par, under par

Origin

French, literally 'out of the fight'.

Definition of hors de combat in US English:

hors de combat

adjectiveˌɔr də ˌkɑmˈbɑˌôr də ˌkämˈbä
  • Out of action due to injury or damage.

    因受伤(或受损)丧失战斗力的,伤残的

    their pilots had been rendered temporarily hors de combat

    他们的飞行员暂时丧失了战斗能力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As many cases may arise, all of which it is impossible to meet specifically, I propose the following additional articles based upon the single general principle that combattants naufrauges, being ipso facto combatants hors de combat, are incapable of serving again during the war, unless recaptured or until duly exchanged.
    • If so, they are not hors de combat and not protected from attack.
    • Bassett shows that de Selby was hors de combat from his long-standing gall-bladder disorders at least immediately before the passages were composed.
    • The Geneva Conventions impose on those that become hors de combat the obligation to cease all combatant actions.
    • The first two conventions cover members of armed forces involved in a conflict who are no longer able to fight (hors de combat is the legal term).
    • These persons hors de combat are the wounded and sick, shipwrecked, prisoners of war and civilians.
    • 7.1 Persons not, or no longer, taking part in military operations, including civilians, members of armed forces who have laid down their weapons and persons placed hors de combat by reason of sickness, wounds or detention, shall, in all circumstances, be treated humanely and without any adverse distinction based on race, sex, religious convictions or any other ground.
    • International humanitarian law explicitly permits warring parties to engage in certain acts regardless of whether they happen to cause hors de combat enemy personnel to experience feelings of humiliation.
    • They are hors de combat, literally, out of combat, until such time as they take a hostile action such as attempting to escape.
    • From the perspective of the customary rule as stated by the ICRC, it is not clear whether the WP munitions were being used to render insurgents hors de combat.
    Synonyms
    ill, unwell, sick, on the sick list, infirm, poorly, ailing, not well, not very well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts, not up to par, below par, under par

Origin

French, literally ‘out of the fight’.

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