| 词汇 | selective-service |
| 释义 | selective service noun[ U ] USuk /sɪˌlek.tɪv ˈsɜː.vɪs/ us /səˈlek.t̬ɪv ˈsɝː.vɪs/ the system in the US in which men aged 18-26 must put their names on an official list so that they can be called to join the army if there is a war（美国的）选征兵役制，义务兵役制 Compare national service Joining or leaving the army absent without leave anti-draft buy buy someone out call call someone up cashier commission conscript conscription desert deserter desertion draft draft dodger enlistment join up re-enlist re-enlistment re-up Examples of selective serviceselective service The new service is a cheap, selectiveservice, not an expensive one, at half the rate of the coupon traffic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea of selectiveservice is abhorrent; these are two dirty words not to be used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a specialised form of selectiveservice, as he himself called it, forced upon us by the situation in which we now find ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What did he mean by suggesting that we had under-the-counter selectiveservice? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We feel that this is the thin end of the wedge for selectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is nonsense to suggest that this is the thin end of the wedge of selectiveservice or some means of reducing the call-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to know exactly what could be gained from selectiveservice and what the requirements would be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That situation will not be solved by specious ideas about selectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are only squealing about selectiveservice now because it suits us politically to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that these shortages will be met by training up soldiers and not by any idea of what has been described as selectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How do the supporters of selectiveservice answer the very serious objections which have been advanced against it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He means that there is selectiveservice because a large number are exempted or deferred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was strong in the past in favour of selectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only has it been said that we want conscription, but, also, that we want selectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They keep arguing about selectiveservice, but that would get us absolutely nowhere in meeting the present shortage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of selective service These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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