legion

英 [ˈliː.dʒən]      美 [ˈliː.dʒən]
  • n. (古罗马)军团;众多;军队
  • adj. 众多的;大量的
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【记】音:联军
legion 军团

来自拉丁语legere,选出,收集,词源同collect,colleague.引申词义军团。

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legion (n.)
c. 1200, from Old French legion "Roman legion" (3,000 to 6,000 men, under Marius usually with attached cavalry), from Latin legionem (nominative legio) "body of soldiers," from legere "to choose, gather," also "to read" (see lecture (n.)).

Generalized sense of "a large number" is due to translations of allusive phrase in Mark v:9. American Legion, U.S. association of ex-servicemen, founded in 1919. Legion of Honor is French légion d'honneur, an order of distinction founded by Napoleon in 1802. Foreign Legion is French légion étrangère "body of foreign volunteers in a modern army," originally Polish, Belgian, etc. units in French army; they traditionally served in colonies or distant expeditions.
1. The number of women who become pregnant after adopting children is legion.
领养小孩后怀孕的妇女比比皆是。
2. The British Legion raises funds to help ex-service personnel and their dependants.
英国退伍军人协会筹集款项帮助退役人员和他们的家属。
3. Ellie's problems are legion.
埃莉的问题多如牛毛。
4. the French Foreign Legion
法国外籍军团
5. Each legion contained between 3000 and 6000 soldiers.
一个军团有三千到六千名士兵.

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