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单词 on leave
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on leave
c. on leave (also U.S. on a leave): away from official duties (as from the armed forces), employment, etc., by permission. Also with specification of a period of time. Cf. slightly earlier on (a) leave of absence at leave of absence n. Phrases.on garden leave, on sabbatical leave, etc.: see the noun or adjective.
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society > leisure > [adverb] > off-duty or on leave
off-duty1776
on leave1811
off1853
1811 Sydney Gaz. 19 Jan. Those who have received Emancipations or Pardons will be required to produce them, as will also those who are off the Store on leave, be required to produce their Tickets of Leave.
1831 in R. Ellis Laws & Pract. Regulations Customs (1840) IV. 273 The Board cannot admit the absence of an officer on leave, to be a sufficient ground for delaying an investigation before the Surveyors-general.
1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. xi. 222 He was going on leave, after some years of service, to see his kindred at Remiremont.
1917 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 15 Dec. 8/4 The general rockiness of the local railway..made sailors home on leave seasick.
1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 26 He was on a week's leave, and we were married before he went back to his Squadron.
1963 Times 28 Sept. 9/4 While not personally subscribing to the use of the term ‘on leave’ by office workers to describe their annual break(s), I can contribute reasons for their doing so.
1989 D. Maharidge & M. Williamson And their Children after Them i. iii. 15 Agee..was on a leave in Florida, trying to salvage a tortured marriage and rethink his fortune.
2003 Australian 21 Nov. (Brisbane ed.) 15/1 White had been on leave from his British air force intelligence unit when they met in Alexandria.
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