Pentagon
Pentagon 英 ['pentəɡ(ə)n] 美 ['pɛntəɡɑn]
n. 五角形
名词复数:pentagons
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- n. 五角形
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1. The space shuttle undertook a topsecret mission with a military payload under Pentagon control.
航天飞机执行一项绝密使命，使军用酬载由五角大楼控制。
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2. As I mentioned at the start, I am sorry about all those ridiculous euphemisms you heard from our Pentagon spokespeople.
正如我开篇所讲，我对你们听到的那些来自五角大楼发言人荒谬的委婉语感到抱歉。
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3. Pentagon officials, however, said they believed he remained in Libya. "We do not have any information that he has left the country," a spokesman said.
然而五角大楼的官员却说他们相信他还在利比亚。“我们没有关于他离开这个国家的任何消息，”一位发言人说。
- pentagon (n.) plane figure with five angles and five sides, 1560s, from Middle French pentagone or directly from Late Latin pentagonum "pentagon," from Greek pentagonon, noun use of neuter of adjective pentagonos "five-angled," from pente "five" (from PIE root *penkwe- "five") + gonia "angle" (from PIE root *genu- (1) "knee; angle"). The U.S. military headquarters Pentagon was completed 1942, so called for its shape; used allusively for "U.S. military leadership" from 1945. Related: Pentagonal.
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