rearguard

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈrɪə.ɡɑːd]
• 美式音标 [ˈrɪr.ɡɑːrd]
• 国际音标 ['riə,ɡɑ:d]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n. 后卫；防御（或保守）成分
• adj. 后卫的；防御的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The porters are fighting a rearguard action against change.
  搬运工人如今正为反对政策变化而进行着一场后卫战斗。
• With Mr Obama throwing his weight behind internet privacy, this rearguard action is less likely to be successful.
  以奥巴马不注重网络隐私问题的性子，这次后卫行动不太可能成功。
• But America's soldiers, tied to the valley roads by the weight of their gear and not trained to march, were victims of an enemy that could climb the hills overlooking their rearguard.
  但美国大兵由于装备过重，被困在了河谷地区的崎岖道路上，加上平时很少行军，结果都成了山头上侦查美军后续部队的敌人手中的猎物。

权威例句

• Led by the Dutch, they fought a rearguard action to preserve something of the semi-automatic weapon.
  ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
• Vociferous groups, both on the left and the right, are still fighting a rearguard action.
  ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians
• Evangelicals have ever since been relegated to fighting rearguard battles in an increasingly bellicose culture war.
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词组短语

短语

• rearguard action 后卫战斗
• Side rearguard 边后卫
• aztec rearguard 墨西哥队后防线
• fight a rearguard action 竭尽全力
• the rearguard of Yuan Ci -poem 元词殿军

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• the people who are the last in a row or group, especially in a military situation

柯林斯英英字典

• In a battle, the rearguard is a group of soldiers who protect the back part of an army, especially when the army is leaving the battle.
• If someone is fighting a rearguard action or mounting a rearguard action, they are trying very hard to prevent something from happening, even though it is probably too late for them to succeed.