| 释义 |
call-up
[call v. 35 f.]
= conscription 4. Also attrib.
1940Economist 10 Aug. 175/2 A continuous system of call-up and training for the Industrial Army. 1941D. Reed Prophet at Home 264 The rate of the call-up was too slow. 1945News Chron. 1 June 4/2 We still propose to go on calling up young men under 30 as they reach the call-up age. 1958Spectator 14 Feb. 191/2 The call-up cannot now be abandoned unless the bait for volunteers is made much tastier. |