deploy
verb- deploy somebody/something
to move soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action 部署，调度（军队或武器） 2 000 troops were deployed in the area. 那个地区部署了 2 000 人的部队。 At least 5 000 missiles were deployed along the border. 沿边境至少部署了 5 000 枚导弹。 Tanks were deployed effectively during the long campaign. 在这场旷日持久的战役中坦克部队得到了有效的部署。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- widely
- …
- against
- deploy something (formal)
to use something effectively 有效地利用；调动 to deploy arguments/resources 利用论据／资源 She rejected the arguments that had been deployed against her. 她反驳了那些事先准备好用来批评她的论据。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- widely
- …
- against
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French déployer, from Latin displicare and late Latin deplicare ‘unfold or explain’, from dis-, de- ‘un-’ + plicare ‘to fold’. Compare with display.