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。
• College students coming back from the work spoke freely at the forum held yesterday thought that voluntary labor allows patriotic hearts to become a force for national service and that it is very meaningful.
  劳动归来的大学生们在昨天的座谈会上畅谈体会，认为义务劳动使爱国之心得以化为报国之力，很有意义。
• 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。
• 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 provider runs internal test mode.
  由国内服务提供商运行内部测试模式。
• It was built to commemorate Washington's national service.
  这是为了纪念华盛顿的国家服务。
• 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。
• The police is not a national service.
  警察局不是全国性机构。
• National service provider calls the dealer and confirms the successful operation of the vts.
  国内服务提供商呼叫经销商，确认vts操作成功。
• 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。