convoys

英 [ˈkɒnvɔɪz]

美 [ˈkɑnˌvɔɪz]

n.  (尤指有士兵护送的)车队，船队
convoy的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 车队;舰队
  Aconvoyis a group of vehicles or ships travelling together.
  1. ...a U.N. convoy carrying food and medical supplies...
     运送食品和医疗用品的联合国车队
  2. ...humanitarian relief convoys...
     人道主义援助车队
  3. They travel in convoy with armed guards.
     他们的车队在武装警卫的护送下行进。
• VERB 护送;护卫;为…护航
  Toconvoygoods or people somewhere means to move them there in a convoy.
  1. He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to Naples.
     他命令联合舰队将军队护送到那不勒斯。

双语例句

• In the same period, one in every six convoys carrying humanitarian aid to the refugee camps was attacked;
  就在这同一时期，对难民营进行人道援助的护送队中六分之一都遭到攻击；
• But ambushes of convoys of security men are certainly taking place.
  但是保安人员对车队的伏击是肯定发生的。
• Outside the Green Zone, diplomatic convoys are prime targets for insurgents, militiamen and freelance kidnappers.
  在绿区外，外交车队是反叛者、武装人员和雇佣绑架者的主要袭击目标。
• Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here.
  车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。
• As the convoys neared the city centre, footbridges swelled with cheering sympathisers.
  当车队接近市中心时，人行天桥上挤满了高声欢呼的支持者。
• The United Nations has demanded a guarantee from the army that food convoys will not be attacked.
  联合国已要求军队保证食品护送车队将不会受到攻击。
• Otherwise it must detach units to preserve signal and road communications, protect dumps and convoys.
  否则必须派遣部队去维持秩序和交通，保护仓库和运输。
• Militia leaders had halted overland food convoys in the region.
  民兵首领已拦阻了该地区经由陆上运送食品的车队。
• The prime minister of Somalia has announced the creation of a special force to protect convoys delivering aid to people affected by drought and famine.
  索马里总理宣布建立一个特殊的部队，以保护向干旱和饥荒地区运送救助物资的车队。
• There were more than a few convoys going out in a total daze.
  茫然中，有许多的人因此必须离开。