Similarly, in January 2001, reserve volunteers from a nearby Royal Air Force base used state-of-the-art night-vision military equipment to hunt for the creature.

另一次类似的行动发生在2001年1月，在荒原附近皇家空军基地服预备役的志愿者们利用先进的军用夜视设备搜寻这种生物。

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The company had to dip into a reserve fund to pay for all the new equipment.

公司不得不动用储备金来支付全部新设备的费用。

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To reserve an item of equipment for a single purpose.

为单一使用目的而保留一项设备。

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Mr Robathan said the government would ensure the reserve forces had modern equipment and vehicles to make the change possible but he said it would require a change in the attitudes of society and the regular armed forces.

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The Ministry of Defence said the cost of repatriating equipment from Afghanistan would be met by the Treasury's Special Reserve - traditionally used to pay for in-theatre operations - rather than the defence budget.

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