Militia

(noun.) civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army.

(noun.) the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service; 'their troops were untrained militia'; 'Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia'--United States Constitution.

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• The Florentine militia he created was a complete failure. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The principal purport of his letter was to inform them that Mr. Wickham had resolved on quitting the militia. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Brighton, and a whole campful of soldiers, to us, who have been overset already by one poor regiment of militia, and the monthly balls of Meryton! 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• That standing army was afterwards carried to Africa, where it found nothing but a militia to oppose it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I have often seen the militia of Lorbrulgrud drawn out to exercise, in a great field near the city of twenty miles square. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The Highland militia, when it served under its own chieftains, had some advantage of the same kind. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A well regulated standing army is superior to every militia. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• When Asdrubal had left Spain, the great Scipio found nothing to oppose him but a militia inferior to his own. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It was whispered that Lyon thus reinforced intended to break up Camp Jackson and capture the militia. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The disheartened and frequently defeated African militia joined it, and, at the battle of Zama, composed the greater part of the troops of Annibal. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Roman armies which Annibal encountered at Trebi, Thrasymenus, and Cannae, were militia opposed to a standing army. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He quitted the militia and engaged in trade, having brothers already established in a good way in London, which afforded him a favourable opening. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• There was a considerable force of State militia at Camp Jackson, on the outskirts of St. Louis, at the time. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In other countries, the militia has not only been exercised, but regimented. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The militias of some barbarous nations defended themselves much better. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The Parthian and German militias, too, were always respectable, and upon several occasions, gained very considerable advantages over the Roman armies. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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