march

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march1 /mɑːtʃ $ mɑːrtʃ/ ●●○ verb  1  [intransitive]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 walk2  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]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  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]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  [transitive always + adverb/preposition]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 English 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→ See Verb table

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march• The men were so tired they found it hard to march.• Several hundred students marched across campus to protest.• Pestilence and devastation would march across the land; and the four horsemen ride the sky.• We have not marched all this way to sit and wait!• The prisoners of war were marched around the compound.• In May 1846 Fremont marched back south to California.• This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration.• The police escort us as we march down Seventh Avenue.• They marched him past the desk of the section supervisor into a two-tiered cell block.• The 555th Battalion marched in the parade.• "I'll never forgive you for this, " Marge said, and she marched off without a backward glance.• Several thousand people marched on the French embassy.• Sheila marched straight into the office and demanded an apology.• Over ten thousand workers marched through the capital demanding higher wages.• Thousands of US soldiers marched through the streets of Paris.• Marquez, realizing he must act quickly, marched toward Queretaro.march across/along/past etc• Now: When the soldiers march across in the beginning, do you remember?• They marched past it, back and forth, marvelling at the way they were drawn towards it.• Banquet-goers were treated to a march past of pipers during the reception.• She marched across the courtyard into the house, her eyes stony and her jaw set.• Modernization has marched across the land from Messina to Marsala.• Impact craters have great dune fields marching across their floors.• They marched past us to look through the house, sorting through whatever was left behind.march off/out etc• I caused chaos, too, in the Houlton Silver Band, who were hoisting their instruments prior to marching off.• The parents march off, clutching little hands with authority, anticipation and expectation.• Now a new man, the sergeant marched out gratefully, ready for another day.• The men and boys were lined up and marched off in one direction, and women and children in another.• Other figures marched out into the shadows around the candlelight.• So Flora put on her green wellies and Jane her black ones, and they marched out over the hills.• In the meantime there is much to be achieved before they too will march off the parade ground as trained servicewomen.• The kids in their dark uniforms and heavy black leather school backpacks march off to school under fragile white-pink blossoms.

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march2 ●●○ noun [countable]  1  PROTESTan organized event in which many people walk together to express their ideas or protest about something 示威游行；抗议游行 The police decided not to ban the march. 警方决定不禁止这次示威游行。protest/civil rights/peace etc march I went on a lot of peace marches when I was a student. 学生时代我参加过好多次和平示威游行。2  PMWALKwhen soldiers walk with firm regular steps from one place to another 行进，行军 The general led his forces on a long march southwards. 将军率领他的军队朝南长途行军。3  on the march a) PMAan army that is on the march is marching somewhere 〔军队〕在行军中，在行进中 b) POPULARa belief, idea etc that is on the march is becoming stronger and more popular 〔信仰、观念等〕影响越来越大，越来越普遍 Fascism is on the march again in some parts of Europe. 在欧洲一些地区，法西斯主义又抬头了。4  a day’s march/two weeks’ march etc TIME/HOW LONGthe distance a group of soldiers can march in a particular period of time 一天/两周等的行军路程 Lake Van was still three days’ march away. 到凡湖还有三天的行军路程。5  the march of time/history/progress etc formalCONTINUE/NOT STOP the way that things happen or change over time and cannot be stopped 时间的推移/历史的发展/前进的步伐等 You can’t control the march of science. 你不可能控制科学的发展。 She was desperate to halt the march of time upon her face and figure. 她拼命地想留住时光的脚步，让她的容颜和身材保持不变。6  APMa piece of music for people to march to 进行曲 military marches 军队进行曲 a funeral march 葬礼进行曲7. marches [plural]SG the area around the border between England and Wales or between England and Scotland 〔英格兰与威尔士或苏格兰之间的〕交界地区 → steal a march on at steal1(8)

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march• The soldiers did a march around the parade ground.• Only one Valence had returned, to die slowly of poisons he had absorbed during the long march.• Local trade union leaders joined in the protest march against cuts in government spending.• So what, if anything, is being done to halt the seemingly relentless march of rainforest destruction?• a Civil Rights march in Washington• With fatigued muscles, we endured ruck marches, long runs and obstacle courses.• I'd just settled in my place when the trumpets blew and the march struck up for the grand parade.• Since Wallace returned from the march, he has committed himself to making change in his neighborhood individual by individual.• Thousands of students took part in the march.• And a group in San Francisco is using the anniversary of the march to hold a march of its own Thursday.• I did put the wedding march to a blue grass beat.protest/civil rights/peace etc march• In March 1965 a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, had been broken up by police.• Paisley's second prison term was the result of his organizing a blockade of Armagh to prevent a civil rights march.• The incident received widespread television and press publicity, and prompted a civil rights march on 24 August from Coalisland to Dungannon.• Protestant violent action against Civil Rights marches was seen by Catholics as a threat to their communities.• Southern police responded to sit-ins and civil rights marches with fire hoses, tear gas, beatings, and arrests.

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March ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable, uncountable] (written abbreviation Mar.)  TMCthe third month of the year, between February and April 三月next/last March She started work here last March. 她去年3月开始在这儿工作。in March The theatre opened in March 2001. 戏院于2001年3月开业。on March 6th There’s a meeting on March 6th. 3月6日有一个会议。on 6th March British English I wrote to my bank on 6th March. 我3月6日写信给银行。March 6 American English The hospital is scheduled to open March 6. 医院计划于3月6日开业。

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March• Friday, 20 March more discussion with the experienced program design group.• Following a general strike and calls for his resignation, the President was arrested on 26 March by fellow army officers.• This compares to approximately 35 % in March, 1998.• Romiti will become chairman of Fiat when Gianni Agnelli resigns in March.• Bogard was arrested in January 1994 and convicted last March.• The cost: $ 995 for two people for two nights, or $ 695 for one night, through March 3.March 6• Kirk Session minute book commencing March 6, 1823; all regularly kept from respective dates.• It is supposed to issue its conclusion on March 6.• They met for four hours at an airplane hangar in Phoenix on March 6 to start the negotiations.• So, on March 6, 1946, a clash had been prevented.• Since the resumption of the hunger strike on March 6, striking detainees are being moved and separated.• On March 6, 8,500 maintenance workers also went on strike, supported by the pilots.• They expect to vote on the recommendation March 6.Origin March (1200-1300) Old French Latin martius, from martius “of Mars, god of war” march1 (1300-1400) Old French marchier “to step heavily”

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March
March noun [uncountable and countable] (written abbreviation Mar.)the third month of the year, between February and April
    next/last March
    She started work here last March.
    in March
    The theatre opened in March 2001.
    on March 6th
    There’s a meeting on March 6th.
    on 6th March British English:
    I wrote to my bank on 6th March.
    March 6 American English:
    The hospital is scheduled to open March 6.

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march¹ W2 /mɑːtʃ $ mɑːrtʃ/ verb1. [intransitive] if soldiers or other people march somewhere, they walk there quickly with firm regular steps
    march across/along/past etc
    On 29 August the royal army marched into Inverness.
    We marched 50 km across the foothills.
    march on
    He gathered his troops and prepared to march on the capital (=march to the capital in order to attack it).
    Quick march! (=an order to tell people to start marching)
2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a large group of people march somewhere, they walk there together to express their ideas or protest about something:
    An estimated 5,000 people marched through the city to demonstrate against the factory closures.
    march on
    Outraged citizens marched on City Hall (=marched to City Hall), demanding the police chief’s resignation.
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk somewhere quickly and with determination, often because you are angry
    march off/out etc
    Brett marched out of the office, slamming the door behind him.
4. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to force someone to walk somewhere with you, often pushing or pulling them roughly
    march somebody to/into etc something
    Mr Carter marched us to the principal’s office.
5. be given/get your marching orders British English informal to be ordered to leave, especially because someone no longer wants you to work for them or no longer wants a relationship with you
6. time marches on used to say that as time goes by, situations change and things do not remain the same

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march² W3 noun [countable]
1. an organized event in which many people walk together to express their ideas or protest about something:
    The police decided not to ban the march.
    protest/civil rights/peace etc march
    I went on a lot of peace marches when I was a student.
2. when soldiers walk with firm regular steps from one place to another:
    The general led his forces on a long march southwards.
3. on the march
  a. an army that is on the march is marching somewhere
  b. a belief, idea etc that is on the march is becoming stronger and more popular:
    Fascism is on the march again in some parts of Europe.
4. a day’s march/two weeks’ march etc the distance a group of soldiers can march in a particular period of time:
    Lake Van was still three days’ march away.
5. the march of time/history/progress etc formal the way that things happen or change over time and cannot be stopped:
    You can’t control the march of science.
    She was desperate to halt the march of time upon her face and figure.
6. a piece of music for people to march to:
    military marches
    a funeral march
7. marches [plural] the area around the border between England and Wales or between England and Scotland
⇨ steal a march on at steal¹(8)
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ walk noun [countable] a journey that you make on foot, especially for exercise or enjoyment: I took the dog out for a long walk in the fresh air. | We went for some lovely walks. | Do you fancy going out for a walk?
   ▪ hike noun [countable] a long walk in the mountains or countryside: We went for a hike in the woods. | There are some good hikes nearby.
   ▪ stroll noun [singular] a slow, relaxed walk: Let’s take a stroll in the park. | We went for a stroll along the river.
   ▪ wander British English a short relaxed walk, especially to look around a place: We had a wander round the town and then went to the beach.
   ▪ trek noun [singular] used when talking about a long walk in the mountains, countryside etc which lasts for several days and which you do for pleasure. Also used about a long tiring walk somewhere, which you do not want to have to do : They went on a three week trek in the Atlas Mountains. | We then had a long trek back to our hotel with all our luggage.
   ▪ slog [singular] a long, tiring, and unpleasant walk, which continues for several hours: It was a dreary slog over bleak and windswept hills.
   ▪ march noun [countable] an occasion when a group of people walk somewhere together, in order to protest about something: Demonstrators are planning a march through the capital. | a peace march

🔑 MarchBrE /mɑːtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /mɑːrtʃ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] (abbreviation Mar.) the 3rd month of the year, between February and April 三月 HELP To see how March is used, look at the examples at April. * March 的用法见词条 April 下的示例。●(as) mad as a ˈhatter/a March ˈhare(informal) (of a person 人) mentally ill; very silly 发狂的；非常愚蠢的 ORIGIN Because of the chemicals used in hat-making, workers often suffered from mercury poisoning, which can cause loss of memory and damage to the nervous system. Lewis Carroll was probably thinking of this when he created the eccentric character of the Hatter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. A March hare was called mad because of the strange behaviour of hares during the mating season. 在过去，做帽子用的化学药品经常使工人汞中毒，令他们丧失记忆，神经系统受损。刘易斯 · 卡罗尔在创作《艾丽丝漫游奇境记》中帽商 (Hatter) 这个怪人时，很可能想到了这些。三月的兔子 (March hare) 正处在交配期，行为怪异，因而被称为疯狂的兔子。

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