学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2918 ambush

今天我们要学的词是 ambush¹. Ambush作为名词，有埋伏、伏击的意思。Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in Niger in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants². 在尼日尔发生的一场疑似由伊斯兰国武装分子制造的伏击中，美国陆军特种部队有三名士兵遇害，两名士兵受伤。Two staff members of a technical college were killed in an ambush while their convoy³ was driving along Kenya's Indian Ocean coast. 一所技术学院的车队在沿肯尼亚的印度洋海岸行进过程中遭到伏击，两名教职员工遇害身亡。 好的，我们今天学习的词是ambush, ambush, ambush...

1 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。