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materiel

/muh-teer-ee-el/US // məˌtɪər iˈɛl //UK // (məˌtɪərɪˈɛl) //

物资,材料,物质,物品

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation.
    • : Military. arms, ammunition, and equipment in general.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Zaharchenko on Friday night projected defiance rather than bravado, no doubt buoyed by the Moscow-sent materiel and fighters.

  • The list of requested materiel provides a window into a hollow and outmatched Ukrainian military.

  • Once wars start, the materiel is used up pretty quickly—and then needs to be replaced.

  • All then after World War II, our manufacturers shifted from war materiel to making stuff for ordinary people and consumers again.

  • In Afghanistan there is a NATO consensus that withdrawal is not an option and that more men and materiel will need to be deployed.

  • We must join to our doctrine political interests which will consolidate it, and keep together the materiel of my armies.

  • And if this be so, the question as to what should be the materiel of education, becomes singularly simplified.

  • Had the materiel of battle not failed, who can say that the Americans would not have maintained their position?

  • The minister of agriculture has recently established a special laboratory for testing agricultural materiel.

  • In the conduct of hostilities against a strong and determined enemy, men and materiel do not always function at their best.