march1 /mɑːtʃ $ mɑːrtʃ/ ●●○ verb 1 [intransitiveI]PMWALK if soldiers or other people march somewhere, they walk there quickly with firm regular steps 行进,行军march across/along/past etc On 29 August the royal army marched into Inverness. 8月29日皇家军队开进因弗内斯。
We marched 50 km across the foothills. 我们穿过山麓丘陵行进了50公里。
march on He gathered his troops and prepared to march on the capital (=march to the capital in order to attack it). 他集合军队准备向首都进军。
Quick march! (=an order to tell people to start marching) 齐步走!
► see thesaurus at walk 2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PROTEST if a large group of people march somewhere, they walk there together to express their ideas or protest about something 示威游行,抗议游行 An estimated 5,000 people marched through the city to demonstrate against the factory closures. 大约有五千人在市里游行示威,抗议关闭工厂。
march on Outraged citizens marched on City Hall (=marched to City Hall), demanding the police chief’s resignation. 愤怒的市民向市政厅进发,要求警察局长辞职。
3 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK to walk somewhere quickly and with determination, often because you are angry 〔常指因生气而毅然地〕快步走march off/out etc Brett marched out of the office, slamming the door behind him. 布雷特大步走出办公室,砰的一声摔上了门。
4 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FORCE somebody TO DO something to force someone to walk somewhere with you, often pushing or pulling them roughly 迫使〔某人〕走〔常伴有推拽动作〕march somebody to/into etc something Mr Carter marched us to the principal’s office. 卡特先生把我们押到校长办公室。
5. be given/get your marching orders British EnglishBrE informalTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something to be ordered to leave, especially because someone no longer wants you to work for them or no longer wants a relationship with you 被解雇;被下逐客令 6. time marches on used to say that as time goes by, situations change and things do not remain the same 时光流逝不回头