By surrounding the city our troops achieved a bloodless victory. 我军把城市包围起来,获得兵不血刃的胜利。
bloodless
[ adj ]
free from blood or bloodshed
<adj.all> bloodless surgery a bloodless coup
destitute of blood or apparently so
<adj.all> the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold
without vigor or zest or energy
<adj.all> an insipid and bloodless young man
devoid of human emotion or feeling
<adj.all> charts of bloodless economic indicators
anemic looking from illness or emotion
<adj.all> a face turned ashen the invalid's blanched cheeks tried to speak with bloodless lips a face livid with shock lips...livid with the hue of death lips white with terror a face white with rage
Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[=o]dle['a]s.] 1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.
The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden.
2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. --Froude.
3. Without spirit or activity.
Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak. ※ -- {Blood"less*ly}, adv. -- {Blood"less*ness}, n.
The army in Transkei staged a bloodless coup in the nominally independent black homeland in South Africa, ousting the prime minister after less than three months in office.
Mostly, the opera is a fairly bloodless romance into which Mr. Moshinsky failed to inject any tension or even humor.
But Burundians have lived in relative peace since Maj. Gen. Pierre Byoya deposed fellow Tutsi Jean-Baptiste Bagaza in a bloodless coup in December 1987.
Namphy relinquished power on the second anniversary of Duvalier's flight, but returned in a bloodless coup that ousted Manigat.
The pledge indicated that, for the first time since Zia seized power in a bloodless 1977 coup, opposition parties might be allowed to participate.
Ershad, a former army general, came to power in 1982 in a bloodless coup and was elected president in 1986 in elections which the opposition also declared were rigged.
Zia in a 1977 bloodless coup overthrew Ms. Bhutto's late father, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and declared a martial law that was lifted only in 1986.
A separate poll by The New York Times poll found that about half of Americans expect a bloodless resolution to the confrontation, but a third said they anticipated fighting.
The emergency order was signed by Maj. Pierre Buyoya, a Tutsi who took power in a bloodless coup last September.
The world goes on." Zia, who seized power in a bloodless coup, ruled as a military man although sometimes in conjunction with civilian governments, and he inspired more respect than love.
Avril came to power in a bloodless coup in September 1988 that ousted Lt.
In 1976, Col. Jean-Baptiste Bagaza mounted a bloodless coup that ousted Michel Micombero, who had sanctioned the Hutu slaughter four years earlier.
Zahir's rule ended when Afghanistan's fledgling Marxist parties rallied behind his cousin, Mohammad Daoud, who toppled him in a bloodless coup.
Zia came to power in 1977 after overthrowing Begum Bhutto's husband, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in a bloodless coup.
Ben Ali justified the bloodless coup on grounds that the 84-year-old Bourguiba had become senile and unable to exercise his duties and that Tunisia needed to revert to genuine democratic rule.
Changes undertaken since the bloodless Nov. 7 coup are irreversible and will lead to a society of "rights, liberties and pluralism," the president said.
British-educated Sultan Qaboos overthrew his father Sultan Seed in 1970 in a bloodless coup ending more than a hundred years of isolation and stagnation.
Dissident officers in the Ciskei military seized power Sunday in a bloodless coup, but chaos erupted shortly afterward.
HAFEZ ASSAD _ The 59-year-old Syrian president, until recently holding the title as Israel's most feared enemy, seized power in a bloodless coup in 1970.
Ershad's party plans to celebrate its victory with prayer meetings on March 16. Opposition parties have called for protest rallies on March 24, the sixth anniversary of the bloodless coup that brought Gen.
He took power in a bloodless coup in 1982 and was elected in 1986 in a vote that the opposition claims was rigged.
Bagaza was overthrown in a bloodless coup Sept. 4, by Maj. Pierre Buyoya, a Tutsi who pledged to resolve ethnic differences.
We've done so in my own state." Dukakis' answer was flat and bloodless, and it was remembered by voters because it "captured the candidate's most glaring vulnerabilities," according to the book.
Ershad, a former army officer, seized power in a bloodless coup in 1982.
The former diplomat said the coup appeared to have been bloodless and quoted Graanoogst as saying a curfew was in effect. Graanoogst urged his countrymen to remain calm and said the military had everything under control.
Ershad seized power in a bloodless coup in 1982 and ruled under martial law for four years.
Ershad, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 1982, had nine months left in his five-year term when he was forced out.
I think we should try to keep the intefadeh bloodless," said Ziad Abu Ziad, a Palestinian activist who edits the biweekly Hebrew-language newsletter Gesher, or bridge, aimed at an Israeli audience.
He now appears to have pulled off what could amount to a bloodless revolution, extricating the government from Communist control after 45 years.
Zia ousted Ms. Bhutto's father, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in a bloodless 1977 coup.