| 单词 | mine field |
| 例句 | No, it would be like carrying the crown jewels through a mine field. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We had been told that there were mine fields and trip flares planted around the pe-rimeter. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like the other firebases, with barbed wire and mine fields around it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And like the time we enlisted an old poppa-san to guide us through the mine fields out on the Batangan Peninsula. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Gun batteries guarded an underwater mine field across Rich Passage. Take a day trip to Bainbridge Island that goes beyond the usual tourist stops 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z Honestly, it’s a mine field to compliment a person’s appearance. Perspective | Ask Amy: Shy guy wants to learn to connect 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z The body count, both human and animal, mounts impressively, helped along by a bear trap and a mine field. Critic?s Notebook: Tribeca?s Taste of All Things Grim and Gory 2011-04-21T22:10:27Z While Ukraine took back territory taken by Russia last year, the Ukrainian army has struggled to penetrate Russian lines which have been bolstered with mine fields and thousands of extra Russian troops. Putin says Russian forces improving positions along front line in Ukraine 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z The aid comes as the Biden administration works to show its continued support for Ukraine’s three-month-old counteroffensive, as troops try to break through Russian defenses and clear vast mine fields. US announces new $600 million aid package for Ukraine to boost counteroffensive 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Even as progress on alternatives to land mines has stagnated, inventive ways to clean up mine fields are emerging. Opinion | These are not the battle droids you’re looking for 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Dr. Ayala said he was thrust into the intellectual mine field between science and religion after leaving the Dominican order and emigrating in 1961 to the United States. Francisco Ayala, biologist who bridged science and faith, dies at 88 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z African giant pouched rats are believed to be especially well-suited for land mine clearance because their small size lets them walk across mine fields without triggering the explosives. Rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z They must cross a mine field to get it. Ukraine seeks U.N. cultural status for beloved borscht. A culinary spat with Russia could be brewing. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z In Angola, Harry will walk in the footsteps of his mother, whose steps across a mine field in 1997 helped to inspire an international ban on anti-personnel mines later that year. Harry and Meghan make 1st official tour as family in Africa 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Michael Nevard, head of research and development at the Halo Trust, said he is hopeful that the mine fields in Ukraine might be cleared more quickly than those in prior conflicts. Opinion | These are not the battle droids you’re looking for 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z She is also stepping into a mine field by producing a Tesla pickup truck before the company itself. YouTuber Simone Giertz transformed a Tesla Model 3 into a pickup truck 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The murkiness of the financing could turn into a legal mine field for Musk and Tesla, according to both Coffee and former SEC lawyer Pete Henning, now a law professor at Wayne State University. Tesla CEO’s buyout bid raises eyebrows, legal concerns 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Authorities say it took a demining team more than five hours on Sunday to reach the man’s body, which was deep in the mine field. Hunter dies after wandering into mine field in Bosnia 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z A cool-headed Army combat medic, he once set up shop in a mine field. Last surviving Doolittle raider part of Texas D-Day event 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Three of its four platoon leaders were recently installed — including a young lieutenant, William Calley — and in February six of its men were killed after walking into a mine field. Ernest Medina, company commander acquitted in My Lai Massacre, dies at 81 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Dating post cancer becomes a mine field that can leave one feeling alienated. Sex After Cancer 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z “It can be a mine field for coaches,” said Gray, who has 14 years of experience coaching girls and boys sports on all levels. What’s the biggest hurdle a high-school coach faces? More often than opponents it’s parents 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z "With this review, the Trump Administration is walking into a legal, political and moral mine field," said Kate Kelly, public lands director for the Center for American Progress. Trump orders review of national monuments to allow development 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z "The enemy had created bunkers, tunnels and extensive mine fields, and this weapon was used to reduce those obstacles so that we could continue our offensive in southern Nangarhar," said Gen Nicholson. MOAB strike: US military defend use of massive bomb in Afghanistan - BBC News 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z IS fighters use these bombs defensively, placing the devices to essentially create mine fields to impede advancing government forces. Iraqi forces say they have taken the northern edge of the Islamic State group-held town of Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, after hundreds of roadside bombs littering the surrounding area slowed progress for days 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The Observatory said last Sunday’s attack killed 76 government troops adding that 45 were killed in the ambush and another 31 died after entering a mine field. Syrian troops capture village near northern city of Aleppo 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z But that brings them into a whole new danger zone - former mine fields along the country’s front line in its 1991-95 war. The Latest: Hundreds seek to cross Turkey-Greece border 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Now the Holy Father is walking into a political mine field in Ecuador—the first stop on a nine-day tour that includes Bolivia and Paraguay. Ecuador’s Correa Wants to Co-Opt Pope Francis 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Lugging around the huge mammals to mine fields wouldn’t be practical, so one idea is to bring parts of the mine fields to them. Bomb-sniffing elephants? Not so nutty, US Army says 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Lugging around the huge mammals to mine fields wouldn't be practical, so one idea is to bring parts of the mine fields to them. Bomb-sniffing elephants? Not so nutty, US Army says 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z It’s a mine field, and his calculated approach so far hasn’t been very appealing. The Likability Factor 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z So we weren’t sure exactly where the enemy tanks were, exactly what their fields of fire were, exactly where there were mine fields. Counterinsurgency Expert John Nagl, On The Parallels Of Business And War 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The ground is its own mine field, with utility towers, busy roadways and plots of restricted land. Map app will help New Mexico balloon fiesta pilots 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Sgt Catarall, from Stockport, commanded his driver to drive through a suspected mine field to reach him before running the last 100 metres "with rounds landing at their feet and flashing past their heads". Military honours for female winchman 2013-10-06T08:23:35Z Starting in 2008, the group used 40 trained rats to clear more than 1,400 acres of mine fields in Mozambique at a cost of $7.2 million. Sniffing Out a More-Efficient Mine Sweeper 2013-03-08T20:55:59Z White House press secretary Jay Carney vowed that Obama would act but offered no clear path through the political mine field. Boehner abandons plan to avoid ‘fiscal cliff’ 2012-12-21T02:01:00Z "They also killed another 23 people in improvised prisons ... and forced civilians to walk through a mine field, which resulted in the deaths of 22 people," it added. Serbia sentences 14 for 1991 war crime in Croatia 2012-06-26T13:00:03Z In essence, modern industrial farmers strip mine fields to produce a commodity, yellow stuff as I’ve heard corn called; they are not paid to manage the soil or other resources. How to Feed the World While the Earth Cooks 2012-05-08T17:45:00.240Z Gentlemen, the mine fields of Briey and Longwy, the mine fields of West Poland, the colonies which promise important profits and some other nice things are really no bad investments for German capital. The Future Belongs to the People 2012-03-03T03:00:19.037Z “The whole group of Chinese companies that listed on the U.S. exchanges has been a mine field,” said Wall Street Access’s Lobravico. Shorts Pounce on Harbin Electric With 75% Deal Payout: Real M&A 2011-06-07T06:05:38Z The day continued rough, and, there being no further hope of planting a mine field, the work of cleaning ship was proceeded with. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z The MDC said in a Dec. 17 statement that it holds the leadership of the Zanu-PF party responsible “for years of plunder and human rights abuses at the mine fields.” Smuggled-Diamond Revenue Flows to Mugabe’s Zimbabwe Before Vote 2010-12-29T07:02:43Z "Their handling is resonant of a passage through a mine field." Greek unions vow to step up protests over stringent austerity measures 2010-12-23T18:23:23Z But along the border, pockmarked with mine fields and littered with rusted mortar casings and other shrapnel left over from the Iran-Iraq war, suspicion reigns. Fortified Border: Iraq on Guard Against Iran 2010-09-26T16:39:00Z British light forces operating in the Helgoland Bight on April 20, 1918, obtained touch with German light forces, who retired behind mine fields. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. The young officer related all that had occurred out on the mine field, to which the commanding officer together with a group of other ship officers listened with grave faces. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z This is like walking into a mine field," he thought; "one false step and things go Boom. The Brain Then we were pounding into the mine field. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative The thing most astonishing to me about that experience was how a submerged submarine can thread its way through a mine field. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons And then he came to the Australian mine fields themselves in a desert where the temperature can keep above one hundred degrees day and night for three weeks together. Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work A great cheer broke from the jackies drifting about in their little boats over the mine field. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z Then came on January 29, 1917, the official announcement that the British Government had decided to lay new mine fields in the North Sea in order to cope more successfully with the ever-growing submarine menace. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources And he was as calm and confident as if he had done nothing all his life except steer U-boats through mine fields. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative The German fleet is back behind the fortifications and the mine fields of the Helgoland Bight, in the waters which have been its refuge for nearly two years of comparative inactivity. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War She was lying in the Sea of Marmora, guarding the very mine field under which Holbrook had dived his craft. The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 8) History of the European War from Official Sources “Cast off and proceed full speed to the assistance of boats on the mine field.” The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z The German navy was kept safely at anchor in Kiel, protected by immense fortress guns, by elaborate mine fields, scores of submarines and destroyers, and by numerous nets against the approach of any British submarine. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers After ten minutes we had passed the mine field. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative Finally we embarked on board the submarine mine-layer, the Miner, to watch the working of the searchlights protecting the mine fields and navigable channels. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon They ranged from the first-line trenches of France, Belgium, and Italy to the mine fields of the North Sea while a winter gale blew. An African Adventure We want to lay out that mine field and get to work. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z In this case the brigands' hiding places are under the protection of powerful fortress guns and mine fields in secure harbors. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Beyond the second mine field an English destroyer was patrolling. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative At the front, Wimberley immediately took the lead in every detail of a dangerous sort, such as exploding a mine field, or hunting for traps and snares. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 In response, the Transport changed her course abruptly, as it seemed she had been on the verge of entering a mine field. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Picking up his megaphone the officer shouted out the tidings to the men who were out on the mine field. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z Worried by the danger to the Lion in case of retreat before superior forces, and in the belief that he was being led into submarine traps and mine fields, Admiral Moore gave up the chase. A History of Sea Power At last, after many long minutes, we were through the mine field. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative In that way there's a much better chance of one of us striking a regular mine field. Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers A glance at the map that accompanies the list of losses suffices to show that mine fields as little as great distances are factors of decisive importance in the activities of our submarines. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 Reaching the mine field, the boats quickly took their various stations, and the men, resting on their oars, awaited the command, “Take up mines.” The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z From German accounts, however, we find no mention of a shelter behind mine fields, but astonishment at the fact that they were permitted to go on their way unmolested. A History of Sea Power From here to the first mine field it is twenty-two miles; from there to the second mine field about fourteen miles—which makes thirty-six miles altogether. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative When that switch is pushed down it connects with wires attached to a mine field. Fighting in France A large number of steamers of every nationality are waiting outside the straits for the special pilot boats of the Turkish Government, in order to pass in safety through the dangerous mine field. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 With a shrill blast of her whistle steamer number one rounded the ship’s bow in a cloud of blinding spray and headed for the mine field. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z The four tanks detailed to attack the Quadrilateral again had bad luck, one being turned absolutely turtle by a mine field. A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 Here near the mine fields I think there are few ships sailing. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative They were a hundred yards away now, but the mine field was only a hundred feet distant. Fighting in France In the narrow gulf leading to the Sea of Marmora no less than eight mine fields zigzagged their venomous coils across the channel. Winning a Cause World War Stories The boat was now approaching a mine field. The Literary World Seventh Reader The worst was getting through the mine fields, and we are out of that now. The Time Traders Confidently we began to look ahead to success now that, at last, the dangers of the mine fields, which had been greater than we had expected, were behind us. The Adventures of the U-202 An Actual Narrative Was now the time to set off the mine field? Fighting in France When the ships had cleared the mine field and entered the war channel the "paravanes" were hauled aboard. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The first sound I heard was a hail from a torpedo-boat destroyer, which sent an officer aboard to lay our course for us through the British mine fields. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium The mine field on this occasion closed the western end of the barrier off the Orkneys, making it complete across. Our Navy in the War Then the mine fields were to be traversed, although the night was black and foggy. Fighting France A few paces more and they would be over the mine field. Fighting in France These devices are shaped like tops and divert any mines which may be encountered, for the vessels were now entering a mine field. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War The steamer rocked on the sea, waiting for an escort through the mine field, lights were sparkling in the distance, and now and then flashlights cut the dark blue of the sky. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia On this excursion, June 7, the squadron planted a mine field 47 miles long, containing 3,400 mines, in three hours and thirty-six minutes. Our Navy in the War Through these mine fields carefully hidden channels gave access to the different ports. A School History of the Great War At Cherbourg a French dreadnaught halted them and an officer came aboard to give them a new chart of the mine fields between there and Calais and full instructions how to proceed safely. Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross The positions of all mine fields, torpedo tubes and other obstructions in Turkish waters are to be indicated, and assistance given to sweep or remove them, as may be required. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War A mine had been exploded; the fleet had entered the mine fields. American Men of Action At the very outset of the war a German mine layer was discovered laying a mine field on the high seas. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 On several occasions British submarines had penetrated the mine fields and created considerable havoc, and aircraft had dropped bombs from the air. The Boy Allies Under the Sea Our outcry against the Germans for sowing the North Sea with mines was followed too closely by the laying of a mine field there by ourselves to be revived without flagrant Pharisaism. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index The Italians inundated the region and sealed all the entrances into the gulf by mine fields. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War A few desirable capabilities from a former CINC's perspective are listed below: - Blow up an entire mine field simultaneously in its entirety immediately after it had been laid. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance Across the English Channel three days later the Dutch steam packet Princess Juliana carried us safely through mine fields and between lanes of British torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. The Log of a Noncombatant Upon several occasions German battleships, cruisers and submarines had ventured from behind the mine field and had delivered raids upon the British coast, almost 400 miles away. The Boy Allies at Jutland The whole mine field was so badly laid that the Japanese were subsequently able to drag and explode three out of every five mines. The Secrets of the German War Office The Allies and associated Powers shall have the right to sweep up all mine fields and obstructions, and the positions of these are to be indicated. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Sail the yacht home to England through the mine fields and submarines? Cappy Ricks Retires The chart of the mine field of which you possessed yourself," he said, "which it was the object of your visit here to secure, was a chart specially prepared for you. The Zeppelin's Passenger He felt that they were now beyond the German mine fields and that if another vessel were encountered it probably would be British. The Boy Allies at Jutland In pottering around, I visited many of the switchboard stations controlling the submarine mine fields. The Secrets of the German War Office The Allies and the United States of America shall have the right to sweep all mine fields and obstructions laid by Germany outside German territorial waters, and the positions of these are to be indicated. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War By means of trawlers disguised as neutrals, mines were dropped off the north coast of Ireland, and a large mine field was laid off the eastern coast of England. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War I always had ideas of my own about mine fields, as you may remember. The Zeppelin's Passenger The British squadron at the moment of turning was seventy miles from Helgoland, and in no danger from its mine fields. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War A large number of steamers of every nationality waited outside the straits for the special pilot boats of the Turkish Government, in order to pass in safety through the dangerous mine field. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War It is likely that he was planning to induce the British fleet to follow him into the mine field, or within reach of his submarines. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War He had enlarged the mine field north of Helgoland and north of the mine field had stationed a submarine flotilla. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War |
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