expedition
/ˌek.spə'dɪʃ.ən/
noun
JOURNEY 旅程
[C]
* an organized journey for a particular purpose
远征；探险，考察

1. We're going on a shopping expedition on Saturday.
星期六我们要去购物。

2. Scott died while he was on an expedition to the Antarctic in 1912.
史考特1912年死于南极探险途中。

[C]
* the people, vehicles, animals, etc. taking part in an expedition
踏上征途的一批人（或车、动物等）；考察队；探险队

1. The British expedition to Mount Everest is leaving next month.
英国珠穆朗玛峰探险队将于下个月启程。

/ˌek.spə'dɪʃ.ən/
noun
SPEED 速度
[U] formal
* speed in doing something
迅速；快速；动作敏捷

1. We will deal with your order with the greatest possible expedition.
我们将尽快处理您的订单。

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expedition
ex·ped·ition / 7ekspE5diFn / noun1. an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known
   远征；探险；考察:
   to plan / lead / go on an expedition to the North Pole
  计划/带队/去北极探险
⇨ note at trip
2. the people who go on an expedition
   远征队；探险队；考察队:
   Three members of the Everest expedition were killed.
   三名珠穆朗玛峰探险队员遇难。
3. (sometimes humorous) a short trip that you make when you want or need sth
   (短途的)旅行,出行:
   a shopping expedition
   外出购物

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expedition noun

• ADJECTIVE major a major ~ to climb Mount Everest | little, small | international, joint The Canadians agreed to a joint ~ with the French. | foreign | successful | ill-fated John Franklin's ill-fated ~ to the Arctic | climbing, diving, fishing, hunting, scouting, shopping, etc. | archaeological, research, scientific | military, naval | punitive The army sent a punitive ~ into Mexico. | Antarctic, Everest, etc. | British, Spanish, etc. Spanish exploratory ~s in the 16th century

• VERB + EXPEDITION go on, make He had made two ~s to Spain to study wild plants. | embark on, set off on, set out on, undertake She was about to embark on a major ~. | head, lead | join | accompany Every scientific ~ was accompanied by a photographer. | organize, plan | launch, mount They plan to launch an ~ into the mountains. | finance, fund, sponsor | send

• EXPEDITION + VERB leave, set off, set out, start | return The ~ returned only two weeks after it had left. | arrive, reach sth On January 21 the ~ reached the South Pole.

• EXPEDITION + NOUN leader, member | party, team

• PREPOSITION on an/the ~ She was out on a shopping ~. | ~ against He led a military ~ against the rebels. | ~ into an ~ into the interior of Australia | ~ to a naval ~ to West Africa

• PHRASES the leader of an ~, a member of an ~

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expedition
 see fishing expedition.

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expedition noun
⇨ trip

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expedition

noun
1 Captain Scott's expedition to the South Pole
JOURNEY , voyage, tour, odyssey; undertaking, enterprise, mission, project, quest, operation, commission, assignment, exploit; exploration, safari, trek, hike, survey; archaic peregrination.

2 (informal) a shopping expedition
TRIP , excursion, outing, journey, jaunt, run; foray, sortie, sally; informal junket, hop.

3 Gould was the only member of the expedition satisfied with its outcome
GROUP , team, party, company, crew, band, troop, squad, crowd.

4 (formal) he was told to use all expedition possible
SPEED , haste, hastiness, hurriedness, promptness, speediness, swiftness, quickness, rapidity, briskness, promptitude, velocity; alacrity, urgency, readiness, dispatch; rare expeditiousness; poetic/literary fleetness, celerity.

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expedition 远征
来自expedite, 加速。后用来指重大的军事行动，军事远征。

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