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词汇 yeoman-service
释义 yeoman service
noun [ U ]
USapprovinguk /ˈjəʊ.mən ˌsɜː.vɪs/ us /ˈjəʊ.mən ˌsɝː.vɪs/(alsoyeoman's service)
hard, successful work done to support someone or something:
do yeoman serviceHe did yeoman service as the main organizer of the campaign.
This is a man who has rendered yeoman service to his country in many crises.
For years she has given yeoman's service to the team.
See also
yeoman's work
They felt that the player, after years of yeoman service, should now be pensioned off.
Operators performed yeoman service - some working for as long as 15 hours at a time.
This handsome building has been doing yeoman service for almost a century.
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