soldier

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sol·dier1 /ˈsəʊldʒə $ ˈsoʊldʒər/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable]  1  PMABOa member of the army of a country, especially someone who is not an officer 士兵，军人 → troop A British soldier was wounded in the fighting. 战斗中，有一名英国士兵受了伤。 an enemy soldier 敌兵 →4  See picture of 见图 INJURED

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soldier• This orphan grew up to be a soldier.• Moore has been a soldier for most of his adult life.• Grinning soldiers crowded around the partition.• We can form a human chain of Berliners along the Wall which no one dare break, nomatterhow many soldiers they send.• Women were raped by their countrymen as well as by United Nations soldiers who were supposed to protect them.• Foreshadowing yet another Communist practice, he formed colonies of soldiers to farm virgin areas.• There were several soldiers guarding the main gate.• Contemporary accounts give the impression of a watchful, mistrustful regime, of a country bristling with fortresses and teeming with soldiers.• A group of young soldiers were standing outside talking excitedly, their bulging kit-bags leaning up against their legs.soldier2 verb  1 soldier on phrasal verb especially British EnglishCONTINUE/NOT STOP to continue working in spite of difficulties 〔不畏困难地〕继续干下去，坚持下去 We’ll just have to soldier on without him. 没有他，我们还得坚持下去。→ See Verb table

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soldier• Do you realise, that I've been soldiering longer than anything else since I was a schoolboy?• After losing centre-forward Lloyd Davies with a knee injury, the Cobblers soldiered on with ten men to earn a goalless draw.• But the eighty year old has soldiered on.Origin soldier1 (1200-1300) Old French soudier, from soulde “pay”, from Late Latin solidus “gold coin”, from Latin solidus (adjective); → SOLID1

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sol‧dier¹ S3 W2 /ˈsəʊldʒə $ ˈsoʊldʒər/ noun [countable]
a member of the army of a country, especially someone who is not an officer ⇨ troop:
    A British soldier was wounded in the fighting.
    an enemy soldier
     

THESAURUS

■ people in an army
   ▪ soldier someone who is in the army, especially someone who is not an officer: Three soldiers were killed in an hour-long gun battle.
   ▪ troops soldiers, especially those who are taking part in a military attack: The government sent more troops to Iraq.
   ▪ serviceman/servicewoman a man or woman who is in the army, air force, or navy: The hospital treats injured servicemen and women.
   ▪ officer a high-ranking member of the army, air force, or navy who is in charge of a group of soldiers, sailors etc: an army officer

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soldier² verb
     
soldier on phrasal verb
  especially British English to continue working in spite of difficulties:
    We’ll just have to soldier on without him.