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

• It was built to commemorate Washington's national service.
  这是为了纪念华盛顿的国家服务。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The following year though, I had to do my national service.
  不过，第二年我不得不去服兵役。
• The police is not a national service.
  警察局不是全国性机构。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。