rearguard / ˈrɪərˌgɑrd /

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rearguard 的定义

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

更多rearguard例句

  1. The Texas legislation may end up being a rearguard action in a battle already lost for the hearts and minds of a new generation.
  2. But the conservatives are executing a classic rearguard action.
  3. These would be setbacks, but they would also be rearguard actions that wouldn't hold for long.
  4. A rearguard action by a determined minority may hold back the tide of history for a while.
  5. He had scarcely pointed my attention to the movement, when the whole body of the rearguard was in full and rapid advance.
  6. While the rearguard of Lee's army was retreating toward Lynchburg, the rest of his army was retreating from Petersburg.
  7. When the terrible retreat begins, Julian finds himself in the rearguard of the French army, fighting desperately.
  8. Once or twice I was within range of a pair of old bulls, who seemed to act as a rearguard.
  9. At Deep Creek the rearguard turned on us, and a severe skirmish took place.