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brigadier

/brig-uh-deer/US // ˌbrɪg əˈdɪər //UK // (ˌbrɪɡəˈdɪə) //

旅长,准将,准尉,旅店

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : British Military. a rank between colonel and major general.
    • : U.S. Army Informal. a brigadier general.
    • : History/Historical. a noncommissioned rank in the Napoleonic armies.

Examples

  • Fifteen were reportedly wounded in the incident, including a German brigadier general.

  • Longtime Quds Force chief Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani is reportedly in Baghdad, which indicates the severity of the crisis.

  • Eleven out of 23 governors wear uniforms as well and even the president of the national airline, Conviasa, is a brigadier general.

  • Shortly after the wedding, Pershing was promoted to brigadier-general, overstepping 835 more senior officers.

  • Army spokesman Yoav Mordechai, a brigadier general, said the operation was not limited in time.

  • When this last shred of hope was gone, the Brigadier reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

  • The stout brigadier grunted an assent and rolled monumentally down the Avenue.

  • And yet they tell me he was a pleasant enough fellow in the Mess, this Brigadier, and liked good cooking.

  • Colonel Campbell was promoted to a Brigadier-General as a direct result of this battle.

  • And later, when he went in to report to Garces, the brigadier commanding the Division, he took the message with him.