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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- rearguard
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noun
后方，在战争中，指军队的后方
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PHRASE
后卫，‘fighting a rearguard action’或‘mounting a rearguard action’指即使取胜无望，也要斗争到底
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noun
后方，在战争中，指军队的后方
Collins English-English Dictionary
- rearguard ['rɪə,gɑːd]
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a detachment detailed to protect the rear of a military formation, esp in retreat
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an entrenched or conservative element, as in a political party
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[Etymology]
C15: from Old French rereguarde (modern French arrière-garde), from rer, from Latin retro back + guarde
guard ; comparevanguard
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a detachment detailed to protect the rear of a military formation, esp in retreat
Examples
- 殿军
- rearguard → 殿
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