battalion

US /bəˈtæl.i.ən/
UK /bəˈtæl.i.ən/
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1.

營

a large body of troops ready for battle, especially an infantry unit forming part of a brigade typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel.

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The first battalion was ordered to advance.
第一營奉命前進。
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He served in a marine battalion during the war.
他在戰爭期間在一個海軍陸戰隊營服役。
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regimentunitforcesquadroncompany
2.

大批, 大量

a large group of people or things.

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A whole battalion of reporters descended on the scene.
一大批記者湧向現場。
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She faced a battalion of challenges in her new role.
她在新角色中面臨著一大堆挑戰。
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multitudehordethrongcrowdmass