| 单词 | selective service |
| 释义 | selective service noun[U] USuk/sɪˌlek.tɪv ˈsɜː.vɪs/us/sɪˌlek.tɪv ˈsɝː.vɪs/thesystemin the US in which menaged18-26 must puttheirnameson anofficiallistso that they can be called tojointhearmyif there is awar （美国的）选征兵役制，义务兵役制Compare national service Joining or leaving the army
Examplesofselective 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea ofselectiveserviceis abhorrent; these are two dirty words not to be used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a specialised form ofselectiveservice, 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What did he mean by suggesting that we had under-the-counterselectiveservice? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We feel that this is the thin end of the wedge forselectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is nonsense to suggest that this is the thin end of the wedge ofselectiveserviceor some means of reducing the call-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to know exactly what could be gained fromselectiveserviceand what the requirements would be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That situation will not be solved by specious ideas aboutselectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are only squealing aboutselectiveservicenow because it suits us politically to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 asselectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How do the supporters ofselectiveserviceanswer the very serious objections which have been advanced against it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He means that there isselectiveservicebecause a large number are exempted or deferred. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was strong in the past in favour ofselectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only has it been said that we want conscription, but, also, that we wantselectiveservice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They keep arguing aboutselectiveservice, 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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