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paramilitary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++par·a·mil·i·ta·ry /ˌpærəˈmɪlətəri◂ $ -teri◂/ adjective [usually before noun]  1 PPGSCBa paramilitary organization is an illegal group that is organized like an army 非法军事组织的 extremist paramilitary groups 极端分子的非法军事组织2 PMrelating to or helping a military organization 与正规军有联系的,准军事的;辅助正规军的 the paramilitary police 准军事警察paramilitary noun [countable]
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paramilitaryThey want to visit their gun shows, collect their armaments and enjoy their paramilitary games in peace.paramilitary gearThe building trade alone, which is particularly vulnerable to paramilitary intimidation, loses millions of pounds a year.There had been no paramilitary involvement and no one had been injured, he said.paramilitary operationsUsually it was a member of a political party; occasionally of a paramilitary organisation.Suspicions will now be increased that the regiment has been penetrated by a network of loyalist paramilitary supporters and sympathisers.More paramilitary than military, more maverick than paramilitary.In other countries, however, suspicions persist that the weapons and the paramilitary training were put to illegal use.The Good Friday agreement was equivocal on decommissioning of paramilitary weapons.
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paramilitary
paramilitary /ˌpærəˈmɪlətəri◂, ˌpærəˈmɪlɪtəri◂ $ -teri◂/ adjective [usually before noun]
1. a paramilitary organization is an illegal group that is organized like an army:
    extremist paramilitary groups
2. relating to or helping a military organization:
    the paramilitary police
—paramilitary noun [countable]


para·mili·taryBrE /ˌpærəˈmɪlətri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpærəˈmɪləteri/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] a paramilitary organization is an illegal group that is organized like an army 非法军事组织的a right-wing paramilitary group一个右翼非法军事集团helping the official army of a country 辅助军事的;准军事的paramilitary police, such as the CRS in France法国的共和国保安部队之类的军事辅助警察
para·mili·taryBrE /ˌpærəˈmɪlətri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpærəˈmɪləteri/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] (
plural
para·mili·taries
)
a member of an illegal paramilitary group or organization 非法军事集团(或组织)的成员a member of an organization that helps the official army of a country 辅助军事组织的成员;准军事组织的成员