a permanent unit of an army typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel and divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions 团 [in names]the Royal Highland Regiment. 皇家高地团。 ■an operational unit of artillery 炮兵团 ■a large array or number of people or things (一)大批,(一)大群 the whole regiment of women MPs. 全体女议员。 a neat regiment of jars and bottles. 摆放整齐的大量瓶罐。
[mass noun](archaic)rule or government over a person, people, or country (古)统治,管辖 the powers of ecclesiastical regiment which none but the Church should wield. 只应由教会行使的教会管辖权。
verb [with obj.](一般作 be regimented)
organize according to a strict, sometimes oppressive system or pattern 对…严格管制;对…严格控制 every aspect of their life is strictly regimented. 他们生活的方方面面都受到严密控制。 [as adj. regimented]the regimented environment of the ward. 受到严密管制的牢房环境。
(rare)form (troops) into a regiment or regiments (罕)把(部队)编成团
派生 regimentation noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'rule or government over a person, people, or country'): via Old French from late Latin regimentum 'rule', from regere 'to rule'