pentagon

名词 pentagon:

1. a government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
2. the United States military establishment
3. a five-sided polygon

1. But the judge had no stomach for bureaucratic infighting(particularly with the Pentagon, which controls most of his intelligence budget plus its own) and not much feel for how to fit secret information into policy debates.
   可是法官无意参与政府内斗(尤其不愿与国防部内斗。国防部控制自己的预算，也控制着他的大部分情报预算), 同时他也不甚清楚如何把机密情报扯进政策辩论。
2. The manufacturers appear to have underbid the contracts by a wider margin than usual. Costs escalated beyond all expectations. And few were privy to the problems because the program was financed in the secret part of the Pentagon budget.
   厂家对合同投的标似乎较一般低得太多。成本节节升高，超出任何人的预料。由于该计划系五角大楼秘密预算所支付，很少人知悉问题的同情。

pen.ta.gon

n.（名词）
A polygon having five sides and five interior angles.
五边形：有五条边和五个内角的多边形
Pentagon The United States military establishment. Used withthe.
Pentagon 五角大楼：美国军事建筑。和the 连用

来源：
Late Latin pentagônum
后期拉丁语 pentagônum
from Greek pentagônon
源自 希腊语 pentagônon
penta- [penta-]
penta- [前缀，表.五….]
-gônon [-gon]
-gônon [后缀，表.角.]

【引伸】
pentag.onal
pentag.onally
adv.（副词）