Word · Frequency #21056
deserter
逃兵；擅离部队者
a person who leaves a military or naval force permanently without permission
- 1.
A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
逃兵；擅离职守者。
- 2.
One who is familiar with the desert climate and environment.
熟悉沙漠气候和环境的人。
熟悉沙漠环境的人；沙漠居民；逃兵；擅离职守者。；熟悉沙漠气候和环境的人。；背弃者；脱党者
In use
The army court-martialed the deserter for abandoning his post during combat.
Party members viewed him as a deserter when he switched to the opposition party.
The project failed because one deserter left the team at the last moment.
deserter from [place/group]
He was a deserter from the army.
他是从军队逃跑的逃兵。
be branded a deserter
The soldier was branded a deserter after leaving his post.
这名士兵擅离职守后被指责为逃兵。
call [sb] a deserter
Connections
Collocations
- army deserter
- 军队逃兵
- The novel tells the story of an army deserter during the war.这部小说讲述了一名战争期间的军队逃兵的故事。
- turn deserter
- 当逃兵
- After months of abuse, he turned deserter.在遭受数月虐待后，他当了逃兵。
- branded a deserter
- 被定性为逃兵
- The officer was branded a deserter and stripped of his rank.这名军官被定性为逃兵并被剥夺了军衔。
- harbor a deserter
- 窝藏逃兵
- Harboring a deserter is a serious crime in wartime.在战时窝藏逃兵是重罪。
- shoot deserters
- 枪毙逃兵
- The general ordered his men to shoot deserters on the spot.将军命令士兵当场枪毙逃兵。
- deserters and draft dodgers
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 desert（抛弃）加 -er，指‘抛弃（军队）的人’；别看成‘沙漠’义项。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：军事报道、沙漠地理描述 deserter 通常指“逃兵/擅离职守者”，多用于军事、战争或法律语境，语气中性偏正式；“熟悉沙漠环境的人”这一义项比较少见，多见于地理或游记类文本。
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音为 /ˈdezətə/，没有常见词与之完全押韵；desert（名词）与其前两个音节相同，但结尾多了 /ə/。dessert、deserve、reserve、observe、preserve 虽以 -ser- 拼写，但元音是 /zɜː/，发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.