1·Israel has a relatively small standing army and its strength is based on its reserves.
以色列拥有一支规模相对较小的常备军，它的兵力基于其预备役部队。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Not until the war France in 1697 did William III persuade Parliament to create a professional standing army, and Parliaments price for doing so was to keep the army under tight legislative control.
直到1697年的法国战争，威廉三世才说服国会建立一支专业的常备军，而国会这样做的代价是将军队置于严格的立法控制之下。
3·It has no standing army, no military assets.
它没有常备军，没有军事资产。
4·They abolished the standing army, and instead armed the people.
他们废除了常备军，代之以武装起来的人民。
5·They swept a 2008 election and retain both a standing army and support among poorer Nepalis.
他们赢得了2008年大选，还拥有一支常备军，也得到了贫穷的尼泊尔人的支持。
6·Lacking a standing army, the royal claimants called on magnates and issued "commissions of array" to officers in the shires to raise men.
王室常备军不足，便发动各路诸侯，并向各郡下达“动员令”，征集勤王大军。
7·I think this was principally due to the fact that much of it was not created from an old standing army, but out of the people themselves.
我想这主要是由于它不是从旧常备军产生的，而是从人民中产生的。
8·His lack of standing among the locals has become an extra burden to the American army.
他在当地人中缺乏威信，这给美军带了了额外的负担。