expedition
n
1
(a) organized journey or voyage with a particular aim (为某目的而组织的陆路或水路的)远行; 探险; 考察
send a party of people on an expedition 派一队人去考察
go on an expedition to the North Pole 到北极去探险
a hunting expedition 狩猎之行
(joc 谑) a shopping expedition 购物之行.
(b) people, vehicles, ships, etc making this journey (进行远征、 探险、 考察等的)人或使用的车辆、 船只等
members of the Mount Everest expedition 埃佛勒斯峰(即珠穆朗玛峰)探险队队员.
2 (fml 文) speed; promptness 迅速; 敏捷
We carried out the captain's orders with all possible expedition. 我们毫不迟疑地迅速执行船长的命令.
He plays games with his daughter every night after work.
下班后他每晚都和他的女儿玩游戏。
He didn't visit this country on the tour.
他在旅行中不拟访问这个国家。
They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.