EOD
noun uk/ˌiː.əʊˈdiː/ us/ˌiː.oʊˈdiː/
(IN MILITARY)
[ C or U ] military specialized拆弹部队(Explosive Ordnance Disposal的缩写)
abbreviation for Explosive Ordnance Disposal: the job of examining and removing an explosive device and preventing it from exploding, or a group of people in the military who do this job
He called EOD and they brought in a robot to destroy the device. 他请来了拆弹部队,他们带了一个机器人来引爆这个炸弹。
He was an EOD officer in Baghdad. 他曾是驻巴格达的拆弹部队的军官。
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- When you're doing a job as stressful as EOD, it helps to have a sick sense of humour.
- Bomb squads are known in the Army as EOD teams.
- The final defence against roadside bombs fell to a few hundred EOD technicians.
- They are sending an explosives ordinance team, known as an EOD, to check out both IEDs.
(IN BUSINESS)
[ S or U ] business specialized (also eod)一天结束的时候,(尤指)下班时( end of day 的缩写)
abbreviation for end of day: used, especially in business, to mean the end of the working day
There is an escalation on that. I need results by EOD. 在这方面有一个升级,我需要在下班前得知结果。
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- With luck we will have the project up by EOD tomorrow.
- If the index can stay above 4430 by eod, I think the rally may continue.
- EOD is used to set a deadline for a task that should be complete by the end of the business day -- typically 5:00 PM.