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

• Banks spent his national service in the Royal Navy.
  班克斯在皇家海军服过兵役。
• 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。
• Some people think that only by taking up very high jobs, you are doing something important or you are doing national service.
  一些人认为那仅仅依靠非常高的职位的人，那些做很重要的事情或者做国家服务的人。
• I quickly realized, however, that the first three months of my two-year national service would be no laughing matter.
  然而我很快意识到我两年兵役的前三个月可不是什么能笑的出来的事。
• 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。
• It was built to commemorate Washington's national service.
  这是为了纪念华盛顿的国家服务。
• The police is not a national service.
  警察局不是全国性机构。
• In the current environment, pressing reserves into national service looks smarter.
  在当前环境下，将外汇储备纳入国民服务系统中似乎是更明智的做法。
• In britain, national service was abolished in1962.
  英国在1962年废除了兵役。
• 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。