Dunkirk

/dʌnˈkɜːk/

/ˈdʌnkɜːrk/

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a port in northern France. During the Second World War about 220 ships of the Royal Navy and 660 small private boats sailed across the Channel between 26 May and 4 June 1940 to bring back to England many British, French and Belgian soldiers who were trapped in Dunkirk by the advancing German army. More than 330 000 soldiers were rescued, and the expression the Dunkirk spirit is now sometimes used in referring to occasions when people show great determination and courage in a difficult situation敦刻尔克（Dunkirk）：法国北部的港口。第二次世界大战期间，约有220艘皇家海军和660艘小型私人船只在1940年5月26日至6月4日期间横渡英吉利海峡，将许多英军，法军和比利时士兵带回英国，他们被前进的德军困在敦刻尔克。超过33万名士兵获救，现在敦刻尔克精神有时被用来表示人们在困难局势中表现出极大的决心和勇气的场合
- The Prime Minister praised the Dunkirk spirit shown by the organizers of the event.首相赞扬了活动组织者表现出的敦刻尔克精神。