guard ♦︎ bodyguard ♦︎ sentry ♦︎ garrison ♦︎ minder ♦︎ bouncer ♦︎ lookoutThese are all words for a person whose job is to protect sb/sth.這些詞均表示警衛、看守、保镖。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a / an armed / uniformed guard / bodyguard◆to stand guard / sentry◆to post a guard / sentry / lookout◆guard / sentry / garrison duty■guard [countable] a person, such as a soldier or police officer, who protects a place or people衛兵;警衛;看守◆The border guard checked our papers before waving us through.邊防哨兵檢查了我們的證件,然後揮手放行。◆She saw the security guards wrestle him to the ground.她看到保安人員將他摔倒在地。ⓘ Guard [countable + singular or plural verb] can also mean 'a group of guards'. * guard亦可指一組保安◆The President always travels with an armed guard(= a group of armed guards).總統總有武裝警衛随行。◆A group of tourists was watching the changing of the guard outside the palace(= when one group of guards replaces another).一群遊客正在觀看宮殿外的衛隊換崗。 see also guard ⇨ watchnoun, guard ⇨ protectverb■bodyguard ˈbɒdigɑːd; NAmEˈbɑːdigɑːrd [countable + singular or plural verb] a person or group of people whose job is to protect sb, especially sb who is in danger of being attacked by other people保镖;護衛(隊)◆A personal bodyguard was assigned to her and is with her day and night.派了一名私人保镖日夜保護她。■sentryˈsentri [countable] a soldier whose job is to guard a place, often by standing at its entrance(常指站在關口的)哨兵◆People approaching the gate were challenged by the sentry.接近門口的人受到哨兵的盤查。■garrison [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of soldiers living in a town or fort in order to defend or control it衛戍部隊;駐防部隊◆The Romans maintained a garrison of 5 000 soldiers in the city.羅馬人在那座城中駐軍5 000人。ⓘ A fort is a building or group of buildings built to defend an area against attack. * fort指要塞、堡壘。■minder [countable] (especially BrE, ratherinformal) a person whose job is to protect sb, often a famous person, from danger or public attention(名人的)看護人,保镖,照顧者◆Her minders hurried her past the journalists and into a waiting car.保镖簇擁着她從記者旁邊匆匆而過,上了等在那裏的汽車。■bouncer [countable] a person employed to stand at the entrance to a club or bar to stop people who are not wanted from going in, and to throw people out if they cause trouble inside(俱樂部或酒吧的)門衛,保安◆The bouncers threw him out when he became aggressive.他開始挑釁時保安把他趕了出來。■lookout ˈlʊkaʊt [countable] a person who has the responsibility of watching for sth, especially danger監視員;觀察員;瞭望員◆One of the men stood at the door to act as a lookout.有一個人站在門口望風。
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