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sortie UK ['sɔ:.ti] US ['sɔ:r.i] noun countable ■a short quick attack by a military force, such as a small group of soldiers or an aircraft, made against an enemy position 军事突袭,出击•A series of sorties was carried out at night by specially equipped aircraft.特殊装备的战斗机夜晚进行了好几次突袭。 ■a short journey to somewhere you have not been before, often with a particular purpose (到陌生地方的)短暂外出,出门•It was our first sortie into the town centre.这是我们第一次去市中心。 ■an attempt to do something 尝试•This is the acclaimed historian John Taylor's first sortie into fiction.这是著名的历史学家约翰‧泰勒第一次尝试写小说。 |