guardsman
guardsman — 名詞
- guardsmansingular
- guardsmenplural
1. a soldier who belongs to the Guards, an elite military unit whose duties include
禁衛兵
精銳衛隊的士兵
a soldier who belongs to the Guards, an elite military unit whose duties include protecting the head of state and guarding important government buildings in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries
Trang's cousin served as a guardsman in the King's Guard for five years.
Trang 的堂哥在皇家衛隊擔任了五年的禁衛兵。
serve as a guardsman + institution
The guardsman stood completely still outside the palace gates, even as rain soaked his uniform.
那名禁衛兵一動也不動地站在宮殿大門外，即使雨水浸濕了他的制服。
guardsman + stands guard at [location]
Beatrix's grandfather trained as a guardsman at Wellington Barracks before the coronation.
Beatrix 的祖父曾在登基典禮前於惠靈頓軍營接受禁衛兵訓練。
Every morning the guardsman marched across the courtyard with the rest of his regiment.
每天早晨，那名禁衛兵都會和團裡的其他士兵一起走過庭院。
- guards soldier
less idiomatic but clearer for learners; 'guardsman' is the standard term
- sentry
refers to any soldier posted on watch duty, not specifically a member of the Guards
文法句型
countable noun
用法筆記
This sense is most common in British and Commonwealth English, where 'the Guards' refers to specific elite regiments such as the Grenadier Guards or the Coldstream Guards.
2. someone who belongs to the National Guard in the United States, a reserve milita
國民兵
美國國民兵的成員
someone who belongs to the National Guard in the United States, a reserve military force that can be called up by a state government during emergencies such as natural disasters or by the federal government during national conflicts
After the hurricane, the governor sent guardsmen to help with search and rescue.
颶風過後，州長派遣國民兵協助搜救工作。
guardsmen + disaster relief operation
Roya trained as a guardsman in Texas before being deployed for flood relief.
Roya 在德州接受國民兵訓練，之後被派去協助水災救援。
The guardsman distributed food and drinking water to families whose homes had been destroyed.
那名國民兵分發食物和飲用水給家園被毀的災民。
Tara's brother became a guardsman so he could serve his community during emergencies.
Tara 的哥哥為了能在緊急時刻服務社區，加入了國民兵。
- reservist
broader term for any part-time military member, not limited to the National Guard
- National Guard soldier
more explicit but less natural as a single word
文法句型
countable noun
用法筆記
In American English 'guardsman' is often used in the plural form 'guardsmen' when referring to the group as a whole. The term is a gender-neutral official title in modern US military usage.