regiment

来自拉丁语 regere,统治，管理，词源同 regulate.-ment,名词后缀。后用于军事序列指团。

regiment (n.)

late 14c., "government, rule, control," from Old French regiment "government, rule" (14c.), from Late Latin regimentum "rule, direction," from Latin regere "to rule" (see regal). Meaning "unit of an army" first recorded 1570s (originally the reference was to permanent organization and discipline), from French. The exact number in the unit varies over time and place.

regiment (v.)

"to form into a regiment," 1610s, from regiment (n.). General sense of "organize systematically" is from 1690s. Related: Regimented; regimenting.

1. The Parachute Regiment could be forced to admit women.

伞兵团可能会被迫招收女性。

2. The regiment was recruited from the Highlands specifically for service in India.

该军团是专门为在印度作战而从苏格兰高地征募来的。

3. The regiment secured its position while awaiting the enemy attack.

该团在等待敌人进攻之时,加强了防御工事.

4. He became a trooper in the Royal Tank Regiment.

他当上了皇家坦克团的装甲兵.

5. The 5 th Regiment bore down on the enemy positions.

第五团向敌人阵地压过去.