expedition

英 [eksp?'d??(?)n] 美[,?ksp?'d???n]

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復(fù)數(shù):?expeditions;

expedition 遠(yuǎn)征

來自expedite, 加速。后用來指重大的軍事行動，軍事遠(yuǎn)征。

expedition: expedition: [15] The Latin verb expedīre originally had the rather mundane meaning ‘free one’s feet’ – from a snare, for example It was formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and pēs ‘foot’ (source of English pedal, pedestrian, etc and related to English foot). Its literal meaning was soon lost sight of, progressing via ‘extricate, liberate’ to ‘bring out, make ready’ and ‘put in order, arrange, set right’.

The notion of ‘freeing’ something, enabling it to go forward without hindrance, is reflected in the verb’s English descendant expedite [17]. It also survives in the derived noun expedition, as ‘promptness, dispatch’; in the main, however, this has taken a different semantic route, via ‘sending out a military force’ to ‘long organized journey for a particular purpose’.
=> expedite, foot, pedal, pedestrian
expedition (n.): early 15c., "military campaign; the act of rapidly setting forth," from Old French expedicion "an expediting, implementation; expedition, mission" (13c.) and directly from Latin expeditionem (nominative expeditio) "an enterprise against an enemy, a military campaign," noun of action from past participle stem of expedire "make ready, prepare" (see expedite). Meaning "journey for some purpose" is from 1590s. Sense by 1690s also included the body of persons on such a journey.

1. The expedition was wrecked by bad planning and poor navigation.: 這次探險因計劃不周和導(dǎo)航不利而失敗。

2. The South Pole expedition proved to be staggeringly successful.: 這次南極探險結(jié)果非常成功。

3. He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day.: 他決定把探險推遲到第二天。

4. Lee had to fight hard for his place on the expedition.: 李不得不為在考察隊中獲得一席之地而苦苦爭取。