red alert

英 [ˌred əˈlɜːt]

美 [ˌred əˈlɜːrt]

n.  紧急戒备状态; 紧急警报

牛津词典

noun

• 紧急戒备状态；紧急警报
  a situation in which you are prepared for sth dangerous to happen; a warning of this
  1. Following the bomb blast, local hospitals have been put on red alert .
     炸弹爆炸之后，当地医院一直处于戒备状态。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 红色警报;红色预警;紧急状态
  If a hospital, a police force, or a military force ison red alert, they have been warned that there may be an emergency, so they can be ready to deal with it.
  1. All the Plymouth hospitals are on red alert...
     普利茅斯所有的医院都处于紧急状态之中。
  2. Sirens sounded an end to the red alert.
     警报声宣告了红色预警的结束。

英英释义

noun

• the highest level of alert when an attack by the enemy seems imminent (or more generally a state of alert resulting from imminent danger)

双语例句

• An old friend of OPTIMUS PRIME, RED ALERT was once a fierce and heroic fighter, until he was seriously wounded in battle and saw the preciousness of all life.
  他是擎天柱的老朋友，曾经也是一名骁勇善战的战士，直到有一次在战场上受了重伤从而意识了生命的宝贵。
• When the fortress went on red alert, they sealed off the sewers.
  当要塞进入红色警戒状态，他们就会封锁下水道。
• If something goes wrong, the system tray icon will also turn red to alert you to check the Control Center.
  如果出错，系统托盘图标也会转红，提醒您查看控制中心。
• Security forces have been placed on a state of "red alert" nationwide.
  随后安全部队迅速安置到全国各地的红色警戒区。
• The British prime minister and the US president had to be woken up, and NATO was put on red alert.
  英国首相和美国总统都被属员叫醒了。北约实行紧急戒备。
• The army was on red alert against the possibility of an attack.
  为防可能被袭击，部队处于紧急状态。
• When Red Alert shipped and the fans responded, I was overwhelmed with the response I got from the soundtrack alone.
  当红色警报运和球迷的反应，我不知所措的回应，我独自从配乐了。
• According to the new warning system introduced in October, the government should issue a red alert when the volume of fine pollutants in the air is forecast to exceed 300 micrograms per cubic metre for three consecutive days.
  根据去年10月发布的新的预警机制，若预期空气中的微小污染物含量将连续三天超过每立方米300微克，政府就应当发布红色预警。
• If the people embarrassment, but also accompanied by burning, itching, swelling, may be a red alert is sounded myself.
  如果气色好的让人尴尬，还伴随着灼热，发痒，红肿，可就是拉响了红色警报喽。
• Red alert! It's biscane's flunkies!
  红色警告！彼斯坎的手下来啦！