vanguard
英 ['v?ngɑ?d]
美['v?nɡɑrd]
- 先鋒盾
- n. 前鋒科學衛星
GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?vanguards;
助記提示
1. avant: from Latin abante, a compound of ab "from" (see ab-) and ante "before" (see ante).
2. avant + guard => vanguard.
2. avant + guard => vanguard.
中文詞源
vanguard 先鋒，先驅
來自法語avant-garde,先鋒，先頭部隊，avant,前面，為advance原型，garde,護衛，詞源同guard.
英文詞源
- vanguard
- vanguard: [15] Vanguards have nothing to do with guarding vans. The word denotes etymologically an ‘advance guard’. It is short for the long defunct avantgard, which was borrowed from Old French avant-garde, a compound formed from avant ‘in front’ and garde ‘guard’. (Its modern French descendant was reborrowed into English as avant-garde [20].)
=> avant-garde, guard - vanguard (n.)
- mid-15c., vaunt garde, from Middle French avant-garde, from avant "in front" (see avant) + garde "guard" (see guard (n.)). Communist revolutionary sense is recorded from 1928.
雙語例句
- 1. The company is proud to be in the vanguard of scientific progress.
- 這家公司以處于科學發展的領先地位而自豪。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. They are in the vanguard of technological advance.
- 他們是技術發展的先導.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In a way they played a vanguard role.
- 在某種意義上說,他們起了先鋒的作用.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The vanguard units started off last night.
- 部隊前鋒昨晚已經出發.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Sir James was an immensely distinguished architect in the vanguard of his profession.
- 詹姆斯爵士是一位非常杰出的建筑師，處于其專業領域的前沿位置。
來自柯林斯例句