| 单词 | expedition |
| 释义 | expedition 1 ENTRIES FOUND: plural expeditions plural expeditions Learner's definition of EXPEDITION [count] 1 : a journey especially by a group of people for a specific purpose (such as to explore a distant place or to do research)远征;探险;考察
◊ The phrase fishing expedition is sometimes used in a disapproving way, especially in U.S. English, to describe a situation in which a person or group looks for evidence that someone has done something wrong without having a good reason to believe the evidence exists.非法调查(有时用作贬义,尤用于美国英语,指在无正当理由的情况下专为挖掘某人罪证而进行的调查行动)
2 : a group of people who travel together to a distant place : a group of people who go on an expedition远征队;探险队;考察队
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