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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

rear guard

/reer-gahrd/US // ˈrɪərˌgɑrd //UK // (ˈrɪəˌɡɑːd) //

后卫,后护卫,后防,后护卫队

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a rear guard.
    • : designed to oppose or prevent in a defensive way: a rearguard strategy.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrear
Synonyms
back背面,背部,背,背后back door后门,後門,帏幕back end后端,后端的,后段,后头backside背面,反面,背部,后面bottom底部,底层,底,底端butt屁股,臀部,屁屁,屁股的问题rear end后端,尾部,车尾,车尾部tail尾巴,尾部,尾声,尾随behind后面,后面的,后边,后头buttocks臀部,屁股,髋关节,髋部end结束,终端,结束语,终止heel脚跟,脚后跟,脚跟部,脚踝hind后退,后,后进,后头hindquarters臀部,后部,后肢,后躯posterior后方,后部,后期,后面的postern驿站,邮政,岗位,邮政信箱rearward向后,后向,向后看,后退reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒rump剩余部分,剩余的,残暴,残余seat座位,座椅,座,座位数stern严厉的,严苛的,严酷的,严正的tailpiece尾翼,尾声,尾巴,尾部tush屁股,屁股蛋,屁股大的,屁股后面afterpart后部,后部分,后段,后期部分back seat后座,后排座位,后坐,后排座椅hind part后半部分,后部,后半部,后半部份tail end尾端,尾声,尾部,尾巴

Examples

  • The Texas legislation may end up being a rearguard action in a battle already lost for the hearts and minds of a new generation.

  • But the conservatives are executing a classic rearguard action.

  • These would be setbacks, but they would also be rearguard actions that wouldn't hold for long.

  • A rearguard action by a determined minority may hold back the tide of history for a while.

  • He had scarcely pointed my attention to the movement, when the whole body of the rearguard was in full and rapid advance.

  • While the rearguard of Lee's army was retreating toward Lynchburg, the rest of his army was retreating from Petersburg.

  • When the terrible retreat begins, Julian finds himself in the rearguard of the French army, fighting desperately.

  • Once or twice I was within range of a pair of old bulls, who seemed to act as a rearguard.

  • At Deep Creek the rearguard turned on us, and a severe skirmish took place.

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