He used to be a soldier in the British army, where he had special training for fighting in very cold weather.
他曾是英国军队的一名士兵,在那里他接受了严寒天气下作战的特殊训练。
Besides, the 49-year-old British Army Captain had a more selfless motive for attempting the feat.
此外,这位49岁的英国陆军上尉尝试这一壮举还有一个更无私的目的。
B. The British army landed on the island successfully.
英军胜利地登上了小岛。
A reservist in the British army, Mr Ryan clearly has the trust of plenty of soldiers.
身为英国预备役军人,莱恩理所当然地得到了很多士兵的信任。
The British army came to grief there in the 19th century, the Soviet one in the 20th.
19世纪这里是英军的伤心之地,20世纪又成了前苏联的伤心之地。
The British Army modified the basic M4 chassis with multiple weapons configurations and equipment.
英国陆军以多样的武器结构和仪器修正基本的M4底盘。
However, if one looks at the British Army now, they wear a different and more sensible color: khaki.
然而,如果你看看现在的英军,他们现在穿的和以前不同了,是种更合理的颜色:卡其色。
Given the importance they claim, it's as if the British army consisted of half a dozen men and an officer.
尽管他们说得很重要,但这就好像英国陆军只有六个人和一位军官一样不可思议。
He led the ships down the river to a place where the British army could land safely and take the enemy by surprise.
他率领船队顺流而下,到达英军可以安全登陆、并能对敌人发起突击的地方。
He took this name (one of several) from an embroidered coat given to him by the British Army for his wartime services.
他红夹克酋长的名称来源于英军因为他在战时的贡献而赠送给他的一件刺绣夹克。
Developed in Norway and noted by the British Army, which initially ordered 200 of them and got them to Afghanistan in 2013.
研发于挪威成名于英国陆军的该无人机最初订购了200架,并于2013用于阿富汗。
It took over a year to develop with the APTC before going through final testing with the British Army in the harsh terrain of Afghanistan.
这双鞋是与APTC联合开发的,历时一年,之后在阿富汗的荒芜地形下接受英国陆军的最终测试。
Members of the British Army Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment exercise their horses during a media event at the Hyde Park Barracks in London April 15.
4月15日,伦敦海德公园军营,一次媒体活动上,英国皇家御林奇兵们在驯马。
In a "nasty, dark little room" beneath British Army headquarters in Cairo, a bored Lieutenant Lawrence methodically extinguishes a match between his fingers.
在英军驻开罗司令部下面的一个“污秽、昏暗而且狭小的房间”里,百无聊赖的劳伦斯中尉娴熟地用手指把一根火柴熄灭了。
Founded by a former British army major named Paddy Roy Bates in 1967, the Principality of Sealand occupies an abandoned anti-aircraft tower in the English Channel.
1967年,一个名叫帕蒂·罗伊·贝茨的前英国陆军少校在英吉利海峡占据了一个被人遗弃的防空塔,就此成立了锡兰公国。
His review starts from the premise that whatever the tactical successes of the British army in Iraq and Afghanistan, those campaigns have not worked out well overall.
他的总结以如下前提开始:无论英国陆军在伊拉克和阿富汗取得了什么样的战术成功,但那些战役总体来说实施得并不好。
If there is one thing that the British Army was known for up until the nineteenth century, it was their bright red uniforms, earning them the nickname "redcoats".
说到对19世纪英军的印象,那应该就是他们亮红的军服,这也让给了他们“红衣军”的名号。
The FRES program will provide the British Army with a family of medium-weight, network-enabled, air-deployable armored vehicles to meet up to 16 battlespace roles.
FRES计划将为英国陆军提供一系列的中型、具有网络使能、可以空中部署的武装车辆,满足英国在战场空间中最多16种需求。
Commenting on the report, former head of the British army General Michael Jackson says he believes the committee is trying to stress that there is room for improvement.
英国前陆军司令迈克尔·杰克逊对该报告评论说,他认为委员会是在试图强调,我们的阿富汗战略有待改进。
However there is a move towards increasing the size of the reserves which traditionally have been only a small part of the British army compared to (for example) the US army.
然而,英国现在打算增加预备役的规模,传统上只构成英国陆军的一小部分,而美国的预备役数量就很多了。
The British Army only recognized the problem after one of its patrols was captured by child RUF soldiers in Sierra Leone, having been hesitant to attack the under-15-year-olds.
英国陆军在塞拉利昂的一支巡逻队犹豫是否该攻击一些不到15岁的儿童兵 而沦为这些RUF儿童兵的俘虏之后才正式认识到了这个问题。
She was the wife of General Thomas Gage, who led the British Army during the American Revolutionary War, and is said to have spied against him out of sympathy for the Revolution.
她是英国将军盖基的妻子。在美国独立战争中,盖基是英军司令。
Former British Army captain Ed Stafford, 33, spent 859 days to becoming the first man in history to walk from the source of the Amazon in the mountains of Peru to its mouth in Brazil.
英国前陆军上尉斯塔福德花了859天从秘鲁山脉中的亚马孙河源头走到该河在巴西的入海口,成为历史上第一个徒步走完亚马孙河的人。
It listed many documents in code that had been captured from the French army of Spain, and whose secrets had been revealed by the work of one George Scovell, an officer in British headquarters.
附录列出了许多被入侵西班牙的法军所截获的编码文件,这些文件的秘密是由英国总部一名军官乔治·斯考维尔的工作揭露的。
“I don’t want to see a new army of civil servants,” says David Kern, economic adviser to the British Chambers of Commerce.
英国商会经济顾问大卫•克恩说:“我不想看到新的一批公务员大军“。
Legend has it that this area, in 54bc, was where Cassivellaunus, a British chieftain, made a stand against Julius Caesar's conquering army.
据闻,公元前54年,不列颠首领Cassivellaunus在此处对凯撒的征服军进行了奋力抵抗。
Richard Holmes has written a lot of military history, and has also taught it at Sandhurst, a British school for army officers.
RichardHolmes已经写了许多军事史,也在英国的桑德赫斯特军事学院(丘吉尔亦曾于此学习)教授军事史。
It was on December 25, 1776, that General George Washington and his army made their historic crossing of the Delaware River to attack the British 'Hessian mercenaries' in Trenton, New Jersey.
1776年12月25日,乔治·华盛顿将军率军渡过德拉瓦河,在新泽西州特兰顿向英军的“黑森雇佣兵”发起进攻。
It was on December 25, 1776, that General George Washington and his army made their historic crossing of the Delaware River to attack the British 'Hessian mercenaries' in Trenton, New Jersey.
1776年12月25日,乔治·华盛顿将军率军渡过德拉瓦河,在新泽西州特兰顿向英军的“黑森雇佣兵”发起进攻。
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