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

• 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。
• In britain, national service was abolished in1962.
  英国在1962年废除了兵役。
• 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。
• National Service Storms Forecast Center
  国家强台风预报中心
• In previous generations, children often left school at14 or16, started work, married, went to war or took part in National Service, all before the old age of majority of21.
  上辈人通常14或16岁离开学校、开始工作、结婚、参战或是成为为国家服务的一份子，而这一过程都在21岁之前完成。
• So I doubt that it's useful for government to advocate shopping as a form of national service unless elected officials are perhaps a tad more interested in shifting a little of the burden away from themselves than they are in a lasting solution.
  因此，我不认为政府鼓吹消费是国民服务的一种形式有什么用，除非当政的官员可能更有兴趣转移一部分负担，而不是寻求持久性的解决方案。
• I think we need a national service, he told the elite business leaders, academics, politicians and media who had assembled amid the lush mountains of Colorado. We need it at the conclusion of high school and university.
  我认为，我们需要在全国征兵，他对汇聚在科罗拉多州苍茫群山之间的商界领袖、学界人士、政客和媒体界等精英表示，我们应当让高中和大学毕业生服兵役。
• The police is not a national service.
  警察局不是全国性机构。
• It was built to commemorate Washington's national service.
  这是为了纪念华盛顿的国家服务。
• As it is, the Malay language is now used only in singing the national anthem and in giving commands during military training in national service.
  马来文虽然是新加坡的国语，却只在唱国歌和军事训练发施号令时才被应用。