军用术语 meaning in English

military terms

The colonel said that the attack had been repulsed , supposing that to be the proper military term for what had happened ; but he did not really know himself what had been taking place during that half hour in the troops under his command , and could not have said with any certainty whether the attack had been repelled or his regiment had been beaten by the attack
团长说，进攻已被击退了，他臆想出这个军用术语，用以表明他的兵团中发生的事件但是他本人的确不知道，他所负责统率的军队在这半个小时内发生了什么事件，因此他无法确切地说，进攻已被击退了，或是说兵团已被进攻所粉碎。