释义 |
unˈmilitary, a. [un-1 7.] 1. Not in accordance with military practice or conforming to military standards.
1777W. Dalrymple Trav. Sp. & Port. cxliii, The king has a large..army, which had better be reduced, than continue in its present unmilitary state. 1806Ann. Rev. IV. 246 Defence—the very word is unmilitary. 1826Scott Woodst. xii, We must not hazard the whole troops in one sortie—that were unmilitary. 1861Gen. P. Thompson Audi Alt. Part. III. clxxiv. 206 It is simply unmilitary babble, that would talk of the difficulty of doing what is wanted, when once the military superiority is decided. 2. Not belonging to, or connected with, the military profession.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) V. 663 Suppose two persons in office, military and unmilitary. 1883American VI. 233 [This] may be objected to in un⁓military quarters. |