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词汇 sortie
释义 sortie
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈsɔː.ti/ us /ˈsɔːr.t̬i/
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.特别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 shopping centre.这是我们第一次去购物中心。
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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Attacking & invading
advance guard
aggressor
ambush
beleaguer
beleaguered
besiege
blitz
cyberbullying
cyberwarfare
declare war on someone/something
false flag
full-frontal assault
hit and run
pincer movement
post-attack
post-conquest
pre-emption
privateer
surgical strike
swoop

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Journeys
Trying and making an effort

Examples of sortie


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Pilots flew as many as four sorties a day and ground crews worked round the clock.
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Out of 131, 841 sorties flown in 1981, there were 4, 505 complaints.
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Details of the number of sorties and the heights at which they were flown are not held centrally.
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A total of 289 sorties were flown during the exercise, of which 200 were by ground attack aircraft.
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They carried out some 150 operational sorties with only three aircraft lost.
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The aircraft carry special equipment to warn the pilots if they are in danger of descending below the minimum height specified for the sorties.
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If one does not keep the aircraft airborne for those sorties, one has wasted the investment.
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Outside the highlands restricted area, night low-flying sorties may be conducted only in areas where the weather conditions meet the minimum requirements for visual flight.
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No fixed-wing aircraft sorties were authorised down to a height of 100 ft during either course.
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Statistics on low-flying sorties during the period of the day specified are not available.
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None of these sorties would have taken place outside fixed low-level training routes.
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The figure is expected to rise to some 750 sorties by the end of the 1995–96 night low-flying season as further squadrons commence training.
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Figures for operational low-flying sorties are not available.
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Figures for night low-flying sorties by aircraft type are not available.
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Since 1985, the number of sorties flown has been recorded directly.
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