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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I did two years national service.
  我曾在军队服役两年。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。