advance guard
先遣部队,先遣军,先遣队,先头部队
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- : a body of troops going before the main force to clear the way, guard against surprise, etc.
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And Epstein continues to steer money toward universities to advance scientific research.
A guard is manning the door, which is always kept ajar so she can be monitored.
All the slots for arrivals and departures are allocated months in advance.
Three years ago, Republican Guard soldiers came into the hills and killed a cleric accused of hosting Jundullah fighters.
One of the honor guard approached with slow, measured steps and presented the flag to a uniformed captain.
In particular the Governor of Adinskoy offered us a guard of fifty men to the next station, if we apprehended any danger.
Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.
One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.
So strained became the relations between them, that for the last part of the advance they no longer met at meals.
The rebels wished to advance from Lutao, but were kept back by the fire from the gunboat Maria Cristina.