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gendarmerie

/zhahn-dahr-muh-ree; French zhahn-dar-muh-ree/US // ʒɑnˈdɑr mə ri; French ʒɑ̃ dar məˈri //UK // (ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ, French ʒɑ̃darməri) //

宪兵队,宪兵,宪兵部队

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : gendarmes collectively; a body of gendarmes.

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Examples

  • The SS, German gendarmerie, and Gestapo were all stationed in its vicinity.

  • The boss-nappers gave way when riot cops from the French gendarmerie moved into the building to get them out.

  • They were reassured once the police and medics arrived and the hikers and Briton were taken to the gendarmerie for questioning.

  • The gendarmerie had been reinforced and were now estimated at 700 without machine guns or artillery.

  • One to kill the Turkish Agha of Chal, and the other to kill the man who killed my brother, and who is now in your gendarmerie!

  • Telegrams had been despatched, the gendarmerie had been informed, and the British Vice-consul had been interviewed.

  • A party of soldiers were at the gateway, and a gendarmerie officer stood near.

  • Beside the mairie a medieval square tower, which may have been a donjon, was occupied on the ground floor by the gendarmerie.