outpost

前哨基地

主な部隊から離れた場所にある、小さな軍事拠点。

やさしい英語で： A small military station far from the main group of soldiers.

• Soldiers guarded the outpost.
• They sent supplies to a remote outpost.
• Two outposts near the border came under attack.

類義語： post, forward base

よく使う表現： military outpost, border outpost, remote outpost

辺境の集落

ほかの町や人の多い地域から遠く離れた、小さな集落。

やさしい英語で： A small settlement far from other towns or the main area where people live.

• They live in a remote outpost.
• The village began as a trading outpost.
• Winter supplies reached the northern outposts by plane.

類義語： remote settlement

よく使う表現： remote outpost, trading outpost, isolated outpost

前哨部隊

主な軍から離れた小さな軍事拠点で任務に就く兵士たち。

やさしい英語で： The soldiers serving at a small military station away from the main army.

• The outpost surrendered at dawn.
• A fresh unit relieved the exhausted outpost.
• The captain ordered the entire outpost to withdraw.

類義語： garrison

よく使う表現： reinforce the outpost, relieve the outpost, command an outpost

前哨の歩哨

危険を見張るため、陣地や野営地の外側に配置された見張りの兵。

やさしい英語で： A guard placed outside a camp or position to watch for danger.

• An outpost watched the road.
• The officer relieved the outpost at midnight.
• A lone outpost warned the camp of approaching riders.

類義語： sentry, sentinel, guard

よく使う表現： post an outpost, an alert outpost, a lone outpost