"corps" in Chinese (Simplified)
军团专门队伍
Definition
corps 指军队中的一个大型编制单位,或为某种特定任务而受训的专业团队。这个词常用于军事语境,也可以指有组织的公共服务团队。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
发音像 'core',词尾 'ps' 不发音。常见搭配有 'army corps'、'Marine Corps' 和 'Peace Corps'。不要和 'corp.' 混淆,后者是 'corporation' 的缩写。
Examples
He joined the medical corps after college.
大学毕业后,他加入了医疗**队伍**。
The corps moved to the north during the war.
战争期间,这支**军团**向北移动了。
She wants to serve in the Peace Corps next year.
她明年想去**和平队**服务。
Her grandfather was in the Marine Corps, so military stories were a big part of family dinners.
她祖父曾在海军陆战队**服役**,所以军旅故事是家庭晚餐中的重要话题。
They sent an engineering corps to help rebuild the bridge after the flood.
洪水过后,他们派出了一支工程**队伍**来帮助重建桥梁。
It sounds fancy, but it's really just a volunteer corps for local clean-up projects.
听起来很正式,但其实它只是一个用于本地清理项目的志愿者**队伍**。