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

• 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。
• Ships steaming along maritime corridors in convoys are safer than they were.
  船舶在护航下通过海运线比从前无护航时要安全的多。
• We try to negotiate a safe passage for relief convoys which will travel that stretch of road.
  我们试图通过谈判为将要经过那段路的救援车队争取到安全通行权。
• The narrow mountain roads near the disaster zones were crammed with earth diggers, water trucks, ambulances and military convoys.
  在靠近灾区的狭窄山路上，挤满了挖土机、水车、救护车和军车车队。
• Outside the Green Zone, diplomatic convoys are prime targets for insurgents, militiamen and freelance kidnappers.
  在绿区外，外交车队是反叛者、武装人员和雇佣绑架者的主要袭击目标。
• 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。
• Western officials say convoys carrying weapons for the Taliban have crossed Iran's frontier with Afghanistan.
  西方官员表示，为塔利班运送武器的车队已经跨越了伊朗与阿富汗的边界。
• But ambushes of convoys of security men are certainly taking place.
  但是保安人员对车队的伏击是肯定发生的。
• 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。
• A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys.
  一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。