Regiment



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 军队) 团; v. 严格控制
• ［英］ n. ( 军队) 团 ( a military unit) ; v. 严格控制 ( to organize rigidly to control)
• ［例］ Modern children don't like being regimented

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Late Latin regimentum, alteration of Latin regimen
• Date: 14th century
• 1. archaic governmental rule
• 2. a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1617
• 1. to form into or assign to a regiment
• 2.
  • a. to organize rigidly especially for the sake of regulation or control <regiment an entire country>
  • b. to subject to order or uniformity
• ? regimentation noun

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