convoys

英 [ˈkɒnvɔɪz]

美 [ˈkɑnˌvɔɪz]

n.  (尤指有士兵护送的)车队，船队
convoy的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 车队;舰队
  Aconvoyis a group of vehicles or ships travelling together.
  1. ...a U.N. convoy carrying food and medical supplies...
     运送食品和医疗用品的联合国车队
  2. ...humanitarian relief convoys...
     人道主义援助车队
  3. They travel in convoy with armed guards.
     他们的车队在武装警卫的护送下行进。
• VERB 护送;护卫;为…护航
  Toconvoygoods or people somewhere means to move them there in a convoy.
  1. He ordered the combined fleet to convoy troops to Naples.
     他命令联合舰队将军队护送到那不勒斯。

双语例句

• The prime minister of Somalia has announced the creation of a special force to protect convoys delivering aid to people affected by drought and famine.
  索马里总理宣布建立一个特殊的部队，以保护向干旱和饥荒地区运送救助物资的车队。
• There were more than a few convoys going out in a total daze.
  茫然中，有许多的人因此必须离开。
• The United Nations has demanded a guarantee from the army that food convoys will not be attacked.
  联合国已要求军队保证食品护送车队将不会受到攻击。
• U.N. aid convoys have unimpeded access to the city.
  联合国救援车队可以畅通无阻地进入该市。
• Local river craft are still physically towed upstream in convoys.
  当地河船（筏）在护送中还是通过人力托着逆流而行。
• It is commonplace for snipers to open fire on aid convoys.
  狙击手向救援车队开火的事情很常见。
• In the same period, one in every six convoys carrying humanitarian aid to the refugee camps was attacked;
  就在这同一时期，对难民营进行人道援助的护送队中六分之一都遭到攻击；
• Armed food convoys carrying free water and food staples are now a regular sight in the Haitian capital.
  武装运送免费水和食物的队伍已经成为海地首都的常见风景。
• Throughout Libya's rebellion, several convoys of Gadhafi allies have crossed into Niger on what the government in Niamey calls humanitarian grounds.
  在利比亚起义的过程中，好几个卡扎菲盟友的车队越境进入尼日尔，首都在尼亚美的尼日尔政府表示，这是出于人道主义。
• While the camel convoys provide a cost-effective method of traversing the harsh terrain, the group had no way of delivering medicines and vaccines that required refrigeration until now.
  虽然这些骆驼护送队，经济有效，能够穿越路况恶劣的沙漠地区，但是直到现在他们还没有办法运送需要冰箱冷藏的药品和疫苗。