rearguard / ˈrɪərˌgɑrd /
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rearguard 的定义
adj. 形容词 adjective- of or relating to a rear guard.
- designed to oppose or prevent in a defensive way: a rearguard strategy.
更多rearguard例句
- 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.