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)

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