| 单词 | on leave of absence |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (a) leave of absence on (a) leave of absence: away from official duties (as from the armed forces), employment, etc., by permission; during an agreed period away from such duties, etc. ΚΠ 1803 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 24 Sept. 442 The Hon. Mr. Paget, the English minister to the Court of Vienna, has arrived in London..on a leave of absence. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 86 Officers, going on Leave of Absence. 1858 Harper's Mag. Mar. 493/1 If he work at business..if he explore the Amazon or the North Pole,..it is still as a gentleman on leave of absence from the fireside and the family. 1918 T. S. Eliot Let. 10 Nov. (1988) I. 253 I was on leave of absence trying to get a position promised me by the U.S. Navy. 1983 M. Cohen Cafe le Dog 19 The Visiting Chair might be occupied by Robyn Marler, the distinguished Coleridgean who was on a leave of absence from Princeton. 2013 R. Taylor New Mexico State Police iii. 41 By the end of 1944, twelve state policemen were on leave of absence, having enlisted or been drafted to serve in the military. < as lemmas |
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