regiment

英 ['red??m(?)nt] 美['r?d??m?nt]

TEM4中低頻詞CET6GRE常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?regiments;

regiment 統(tǒng)治，控制，團(tuán)

來自拉丁語 regere,統(tǒng)治，管理，詞源同 regulate.-ment,名詞后綴。后用于軍事序列指團(tuán)。

regiment (n.): late 14c., "government, rule, control," from Old French regiment "government, rule" (14c.), from Late Latin regimentum "rule, direction," from Latin regere "to rule" (see regal). Meaning "unit of an army" first recorded 1570s (originally the reference was to permanent organization and discipline), from French. The exact number in the unit varies over time and place.
regiment (v.): "to form into a regiment," 1610s, from regiment (n.). General sense of "organize systematically" is from 1690s. Related: Regimented; regimenting.

1. The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.: 傘兵團(tuán)可能會(huì)被迫招收女性。

2. The regiment was recruited from the Highlands specifically for service in India.: 該軍團(tuán)是專門為在印度作戰(zhàn)而從蘇格蘭高地征募來的。

3. The regiment secured its position while awaiting the enemy attack.: 該團(tuán)在等待敵人進(jìn)攻之時(shí),加強(qiáng)了防御工事.

4. He became a trooper in the Royal Tank Regiment.: 他當(dāng)上了皇家坦克團(tuán)的裝甲兵.