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

• National Service Storms Forecast Center
  国家强台风预报中心
• 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。
• 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。
• Banks spent his national service in the Royal Navy.
  班克斯在皇家海军服过兵役。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have established national service network to provide our clients for effective and convenient one-stop service.
  才俊公司建立了覆盖全国的服务网络，为客户提供高效、便捷的一站式服务。
• A minister without portfolio the best doctors would stay resentfully out of the national service, refusing to become the minions of a Minister.
  最好医生愤恨地不去参加兵役，拒绝做部长大臣们的奴才。
• The following year though, I had to do my national service.
  不过，第二年我不得不去服兵役。