legion

英 [ˈliːdʒən]

美 [ˈliːdʒən]

n.  (尤指古罗马的)军团; 大量，大批(某类型的人)
adj.  很多; 极多

复数：legions　

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牛津词典

noun

• （尤指古罗马的）军团
  a large group of soldiers that forms part of an army, especially the one that existed in ancient Rome
  1. the French Foreign Legion
     法国外籍军团
  2. Caesar's legions
     凯撒军团
• 大量，大批（某类型的人）
  a large number of people of one particular type
  1. legions of photographers
     众多的摄影师

adj.

• 很多；极多
  very many
  1. The medical uses of herbs are legion.
     草本植物的医药效用数不胜数。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 军团；兵团
  Alegionis a large group of soldiers who form one section of an army.
  1. ...the Sudan-based troops of the Libyan Islamic Legion...
     利比亚伊斯兰军团驻扎在苏丹的部队
  2. The last of the Roman legions left Britain in AD 410.
     罗马军团最后一支部队于公元410年离开英国。
• N-COUNT 众多；大批；大量
  Alegion ofpeople or things is a great number of them.
  1. His delightful sense of humour won him a legion of friends.
     他的幽默风趣为他赢得了众多的朋友。
  2. ...a legion of stories about noisy neighbours.
     有关吵闹的邻居的众多故事
• ADJ 比比皆是的；不胜枚举的；多如牛毛的
  If you say that things of a particular kind arelegion, you mean that there are a great number of them.
  1. Ellie's problems are legion...
     埃莉的问题多如牛毛。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a vast multitude
  Synonym:hordehost
• archaic terms for army
  Synonym:host
• a large military unit
  1. the French Foreign Legion
• association of ex-servicemen
  1. the American Legion

双语例句

• Ellie's problems are legion
  埃莉的问题多如牛毛。
• Soldiers in the legion are trained to obey their superiors in all situations;
  军团的士兵受到的训练使他们会在所有状况下服从他们的长官；
• On his cuirass he wore the silver cross of the Legion of Honor.
  在他的铁甲上，有个银质的功勋十字章。
• His delightful sense of humour won him a legion of friends.
  他的幽默风趣为他赢得了众多的朋友。
• After that kingdom's destruction by the Burning Legion the arcane arts spread to the far corners of the world.
  在王国被燃烧军团摧毁以后，这种神秘艺术传播到了世界的遥远角落。
• And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
  他说，我名叫群。这是因为附着他的鬼多。
• Agents of the Burning Legion arrive on azeroth.
  燃烧军团的特使来到艾泽拉斯。
• He looked on his worldly interests as a legion of foes.
  他把自己在人世间的利益看作是一大批敌人。
• Roman Legion is played by shooting arrows at encroaching enemies while moving left or right to avoid their attacks.
  玩罗马兵团游戏的方法是：向入侵的敌人射箭，同时左右移动以躲避敌人的攻击。
• Each god's distinctive powers and legion of followers give the controlling player unique strengths and heretical abilities with which to corrupt and enslave the Old World.
  每个邪神的独门力量和拥趸给予控制玩家的专门技能和异端力量去腐化和奴役旧世界。