incursion的意思|incursion的解释-里氏词典

incursion [in'kә:ʃәn]

n. 侵入, 侵略, 奇袭

incursion

[ noun ]

the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers)

<noun.act>

the incursion of television into the American living room

an attack that penetrates into enemy territory

<noun.act>

the mistake of incurring liability or blame

<noun.act>

Incursion \In*cur"sion\, n. [L. incursio: cf. F. incursion. See
{Incur}.]
1. A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with
hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or
harassing inroad; a raid.

The Scythian, whose incursions wild
Have wasted Sogdiana. --Milton.

The incursions of the Goths disordered the affairs
of the Roman Empire. --Arbuthnot.

2. Attack; occurrence. [Obs.]

Sins of daily incursion. --South.

Syn: Invasion; inroad; raid; foray; sally; attack; onset;
irruption. See {Invasion}.

South Africa said the incursion violated an agreement that the guerrillas would remain in bases at least 100 miles inside Angola until repatriated as unarmed civilians.
Honduran military sources said 200 Sandinistas were killed, 16 captured and others injured during the incursion, which lasted less than a week.
The officials _ Shultz, White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker and National Security Adviser Colin Powell _ told of a 1,500-man incursion targeted at Contra supply sources and the kidnapping of rebel leaders, participants in the meeting said.
The Reagan administration and the Honduran government have cited an incursion by 2,000 Sandinista as the reason for sending U.S. troops into Honduras last week.
The U.S. soldiers were deployed in what the United States called a "measured response" to the alleged Nicaraguan incursion.
On Aug. 7, the United States dispatched troops to Saudi Arabia to defend the oil-rich kingdom against a possible Iraqi incursion.
A U.N. report blames the guerrillas for a "major incursion," according to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Foreign Minister Pik Botha acknowledged today that his allegations of an incursion by black nationalist guerrillas into Namibia may have been based on fake radio broadcasts.
Now, the Sandinistas' decision to follow the incursion by a cease-fire accord greatly relieves those lawmakers.
They accused Ahtisaari, a Finn, of incompetence for agreeing to release South African troops to fight an April guerrilla incursion from Angola that nearly derailed U.N. plans to hold independence elections in November.
Convoys of Army vehicles moved out of Fort Ord late Wednesday, hours after word was received that two base battalions would be sent to Honduras to counter the reported incursion of Nicaraguan forces into that country.
Iraq said Monday that its troops, under the direction of President Hussein, fought for 19 hours to repulse the Iranian incursion and that Hussein returned to the capital of Baghdad afer the main fighting ended.
We get old footage of the Nixon administration's Cambodian incursion, bombs cascading down, set against footage of Kent State going up in smoke, without the least awareness that the incursion was intended to keep the Khmer Rouge from prevailing.
We get old footage of the Nixon administration's Cambodian incursion, bombs cascading down, set against footage of Kent State going up in smoke, without the least awareness that the incursion was intended to keep the Khmer Rouge from prevailing.
President Nixon invoked it with unction 18 years ago when he sent American troops into Cambodia to "clean out major enemy sanctuaries" and formulated the celebrated distinction between an "invasion" and an "incursion."
The incursion has jeopardized plans to hold independence elections in November, Botha has said.
Israeli tanks and troops pushed unchecked through Arab villages and towns to within four miles of Syrian positions Tuesday in Israel's largest incursion into Lebanon in two years.
Tribal governments are on guard against any incursion by non-Indians and have often rejected economic development they could not control.
President Reagan dispatched them at Azcona's request after a reported incursion into Honduras by Nicaraguan troops pursuing Contra rebels.
Croatian government troops shot or burned to death Serb villagers and razed their communities in a well-planned 'scorched earth' incursion over a UN ceasefire line last month, UN officials said in Zagreb.
A Honduran military official had reported the new incursion on Wednesday.
Ortega has not confirmed the presence of Sandinista soldiers in Honduras, and the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry has denied any incursion.
The incursion into the campaign from the supply side came when Chamber of Commerce economist Richard Rahn was invited in to discuss Mr. Bush's proposal to reduce the capital gains tax.
The U.N.'s secretary-general said an incident on Kuwait's Bubiyan island involving an alleged Iraqi incursion was very serious but seemed to be under control.
His latest incursion _ into the lockups of the Soviet Union _ turned up an approach he considers lacking in this country.
The Honduran bombings Thursday and Saturday along the isolated northern border were aimed at retaliating for an alleged Sandinista troop incursion last week into Honduras to chase Contra rebels. There were no reported casualties in the air attacks.
The White House said four military battalions would be sent today to southern Honduras on an "emergency deployment" exercise as a "measured response" to a reported incursion by Nicaraguan forces into that country.
Elliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs, said Congress would receive information today documenting the Nicaraguan incursion.
Fitzwater said last week's Sandinista incursion had improved chances for passage of a Contra aid bill in Congress.
Bigger nationwide banks could also expand in areas, especially in the rich north, they had been viewing enviously for decades. The bank of Italy's fears of a foreign incursion have proved largely unfounded.

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