expedition
n
1
(a) organized journey or voyage with a particular aim (為某目的而組織的陸路或水路的)遠行; 探險; 考察
send a party of people on an expedition 派一隊人去考察
go on an expedition to the North Pole 到北極去探險
a hunting expedition 狩獵之行
(joc 謔) a shopping expedition 購物之行.
(b) people, vehicles, ships, etc making this journey (進行遠征、 探險、 考察等的)人或使用的車輛、 船只等
members of the Mount Everest expedition 埃佛勒斯峰(即珠穆朗瑪峰)探險隊隊員.
2 (fml 文) speed; promptness 迅速; 敏捷
We carried out the captain's orders with all possible expedition. 我們毫不遲疑地迅速執行船長的命令.