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arming

US // (ˈɑːmɪŋ) //

解除武装,武装,武装起来,武装力量

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of taking arms or providing with arms
    • : nautical a greasy substance, such as tallow, packed into the recess at the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of sand, gravel, etc, from the bottom

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbequip with weapon or power

Examples

  • Panetta is on shakier ground on the question of arming Syrian moderates.

  • But if Obama and Biden were sensible about not arming Syrian moderates, the same cannot be said for their policy toward Iraq.

  • The second would begin soon and involve arming and training Iraqi forces, Kurdish forces, and maybe some Iraqi Sunni tribes.

  • Also, Clinton and many lawmakers acknowledge that arming the rebels was risky and might not have worked.

  • The fear of spillage was one of the reasons the administration held off arming Syrian rebels before.

  • The recruits were running away, though the decree for the general rising of the country was arming the people.

  • He reproached his persecutors for arming themselves for liberty of conscience, and killing him for differing with them.

  • He also took precautions of arming himself for defence against marauders.

  • He went out, and arming himself with stones and blocks, soon commenced a regular assault upon the house.

  • They now apprehended a general massacre; and yet Captain Fitzroy prohibited them from arming themselves in self-defence.