anabasis

[ə'næbəsɪs]
  • n. 进军;远征;侵入

英文词源


anabasis (n.)
1706, from Greek, "military expedition," literally "a going up (from the coast)," especially in reference to the advance of Cyrus the Younger from near the Aegean coast into Asia, and the subsequent story of the retreat of the 10,000 narrated by Xenophon (401 B.C.E.), from anabainein "to go up, mount;" from ana "up" (see ana-) + bainein "to go" (see come).

双语例句


1. Are they the booties when Qing government set anabasis on Thailand?
是不是清代远征泰国时他们的战利品?

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