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

• Stories about him are legion.
  有许许多多关于他的传说。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Legion lost one of its leaders, and the mortal races of Azeroth won a brief respite.
  燃烧军团失去了一名领袖，而凡人们赢得了喘息之机。
• The Alliance and Horde reach a temporary truce to defeat the Legion.
  联盟与部落暂时休战以对抗燃烧军团。
• 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。
• 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。
• Paul McCartney, the former beetle has been decorated with the Legion of honor from France.
  前披头士成员保罗麦卡特尼被授予了法国荣誉军团勋章。
• He has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a British knighthood and the French Legion of Honour.
  他被授予了美国总统自由勋章、英国爵士头衔和法国荣誉军团勋章。
• All seemed hopeless when a small legion of brave and true wizards came forth against insurmountable odds.
  人似乎都有无可救药的时候，一个小军团的勇敢而真实的奇才站出来反对不可克服的赔率。