expedition /,ekspi”diʃn/ danh từ cuộc viễn chinh; đội viễn chinh cuộc thám hiểm; đoàn thám hiểm cuộc hành trình, cuộc đi; đoàn người đi (trong cuộc hành trình) tính chóng vánh, tính mau lẹ, tính khẩn trương cuộc hành trình
ADJ. great, major Finally, the great expedition set off for the long journey to the Holy Land. | small | joint, international The British agreed to a joint expedition with the French. | foreign | successful | collecting, fishing, foraging, hunting, shopping | archaeological, scientific | military, naval | punitive In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. | Antarctic, Everest, etc.
VERB + EXPEDITION go on, make He had made two expeditions to Spain to study wild plants. | embark on, set off/out on, undertake She was about to embark on a major expedition. | head, lead | join | organize, plan | launch, mount They plan to launch an expedition into the mountains. | send
EXPEDITION + VERB leave, set off/out, start | return The expedition returned only two weeks after it had left. | reach sth On 21 January the expedition reached the South Pole.
EXPEDITION + NOUN leader, member
PREP. on an/the ~ She was out on a shopping expedition. | ~ against He led a military expedition against the rebels. | ~ into an expedition into the interior of Australia | ~ to a naval expedition to West Africa
PHRASES a leader/member of an expedition
Từ điển WordNet
n.
an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose