posse

英 [ˈpɒsi]

美 [ˈpɑːsi]

n.  一群，一队，一伙(有共同之处的人); (美国旧时由县治安官调集、协助捉拿罪犯的)地方武装团队; (与毒品有关的)青年犯罪团伙

GRE法律

Collins.1 / BNC.20586 / COCA.16759

牛津词典

noun

• 一群，一队，一伙（有共同之处的人）
  a group of people who are similar in some way, or who spend time together
  1. a little posse of helpers
     一小伙帮忙的人
• （美国旧时由县治安官调集、协助捉拿罪犯的）地方武装团队
  (in the US in the past) a group of people who were brought together by a sheriff (= an officer of the law) in order to help him catch a criminal
• （与毒品有关的）青年犯罪团伙
  a group of young men involved in crime connected with drugs

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一群；一队；一批
  Aposse ofpeople is a group of people with the same job or purpose.
  1. ...a posse of reporters...
     一群记者
  2. A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.
     马什的一群朋友劝他们说这是个馊主意。
• （旧时美国县治安官调集协助其追捕罪犯的）民防团
  In former times, in the United States, apossewas a group of men who were brought together by the local law officer to help him chase and capture a criminal.

英英释义

noun

• a temporary police force
  Synonym:posse comitatus

双语例句

• The outlaw Jesse james, pursued by a posse.
  县里调集人马追捕的歹徒杰西詹姆斯。
• But hold on: do women really want to turn Dad's Army into Mum's Army, a posse of latter-day Amazons braving the front line, cheek by jowl with their male counterparts?
  但且慢：女性真的想把爹爹军变为娘子军吗？一支强悍刚勇的现代娘子军要在前线与她们的男同胞们并肩冲锋陷阵？
• An entire posse of people who only benefit if Tyrell is alive and playing football.
  一大群人都会受益，当泰里尔活着打球。
• Posse gives them full scholarships and sends them to colleges and universities in teams of10.
  “波赛”为他们提供全额奖学金，把他们分为10人团队派往各学院和大学。
• Break it sauce shape, wear with posse tampon Taoist sacrificial ceremony the sauce inunction of tomato is on your abluent face.
  将它碎成酱汁状，用一团棉球醮着西红柿的酱汁涂擦在你洗净的脸上。
• Come on, bogardus, you was a whole posse today.
  来吧，博噶度斯，你今天带着整支搜捕队。
• Was he here when the posse come by?
  搜捕队经过时他在这里吗？
• You were aware that until the suspension of the posse comitatus act.
  你明明知道在地方武装军团停止行动之前。
• Messrs Soros and Druckenmiller made almost$ 1bn for their fund on Black Wednesday in 1992, when they led a posse that forced the pound to devalue, and about the same again from Thailand, which triggered the 1997 east Asian crisis.
  1992年那个黑色星期三，索罗斯和德鲁肯米勒领导志同道合的投机势力成功迫使英镑贬值，为自己的基金赚入将近10亿美元。随后他们又向泰国发起了同样的攻击，引发了1997年东亚金融危机。
• The posse rode down the escaping bank robber.
  一队警察驾车追上了正在逃跑的银行抢动犯。