national service

英 [ˌnæʃnəl ˈsɜːvɪs]

美 [ˌnæʃnəl ˈsɜːrvɪs]

n.  兵役

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 兵役
  the system in some countries in which young people have to do military training for a period of time
  1. to do your national service
     服兵役

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 国民兵役
  National serviceis service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law.
  1. Banks spent his national service in the Royal Navy.
     班克斯在皇家海军服过兵役。

in AM, use 美国英语用 selective service

英英释义

noun

• compulsory service in the military during peacetime

双语例句

• The following year though, I had to do my national service.
  不过，第二年我不得不去服兵役。
• Sport is generally considered a form of national service, and athletes who retire from the system are described using the same word, tuiyi, as for a demobilised soldier.
  体育运动通常被看作兵役的一种形式，人们用“退役”来描述退出体育体制的运动员，就像退伍的军人一样。
• He then went into the Air Force for national service and spent two years in Malaya.
  他随后因服兵役参加皇家空军，并在马来西亚度过了两年时光。
• A minister without portfolio the best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister.
  最好医生愤恨地不去参加兵役，拒绝做部长大臣们的奴才。
• In britain, national service was abolished in1962.
  英国在1962年废除了兵役。
• They go on to national service.
  他们会去服兵役。
• The police is not a national service.
  警察局不是全国性机构。
• Their non-profit, our time, is trying to galvanize support for the authorization and funding of one million additional jobs in the National Service ( primarily AmeriCorps).
  OURTIME是一家非营利机构，为了增加一百万个国民服务工作岗位（主要是美国志愿队），该机构目前正在努力寻求官方支持和资金援助。
• National service provider calls the dealer and confirms the successful operation of the vts.
  国内服务提供商呼叫经销商，确认vts操作成功。
• Bill was exempted from national service because he was in a "reserved occupation".
  比尔可免服兵役，因他在一家，后备部队工作。