单词 | probationary |
释义 | probationaryn.adj. A. n. A person serving a probation or trial; = probationer n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > trial or probation of a person > trial or testing of candidate for office > one who is tested probationer1603 probationarya1648 probationist1784 a1648 G. Gillespie Treat. Misc. Questions (1649) 43 If this Text, Rom. 10. 15. be expounded of Ordination, then expectants or probationaries may not preach, because not yet ordained. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. cvii. 394 I think I ought to pass some time as a probationary. 1851 Times 18 Nov. 7/1 Pastors of the Low Meeting-house at Berwick had been probationaries in Scotland. 1913 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 2 May 6/2 Today there were but 12 available applicants on whom the board could rely to fill vacancies in the ranks of probationaries. 1957 Jrnl. Politics 19 259 Most of the non-permanent employees would be probationaries, there having been over 4,000 new appointments during the year. 1990 C. L. Vincent Police Officer ii. iii. 35 When openings on the force occur those who have received the highest ratings from the selection board are hired as probationaries. B. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or serving as a trial or probation; made, performed, or observed as a probation; belonging to the testing or trial of character or qualifications. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > of or relating to probation of a person probational1650 probationary1664 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 482 All the Philosophy that I give but so much as a Probationary countenance to. 1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. xxxiv. 216 The present State of our Nature and Sences is Probationary. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 178. ⁋1 Pythagoras is reported to have required from those whom he instructed in philosophy a probationary silence of five years. 1784 E. Allen Reason xi. §3. 381 The wisdom and goodness of the divine government, and the nature, end and design of a probationary agent. 1819 T. Galland Let. in T. P. Bunting Life J. Bunting (1887) II. xvi. 163 The painful measure of withdrawing myself from the travelling connexion, before the completion of my probationary period. 1856 W. Collins Rogue's Life v After a short probationary experience..I was advanced. 1867 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1868) 13 i. 552 Admitted into the probationary ward of the poorhouse. 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville iv. 78 Once he has successfully completed his one-year period of probationary service, the prison officer is in effect a prison officer for life. 1984 J. Frame Angel at my Table vii. 57 At the end of the year..I hoped I would gain my Certificate as a teacher, after my probationary year at Arthur Street School. 2003 P. Magrs Aisles 181 She knew he was new to it all and still in what they called his probationary period. 2. Undergoing probation; that is a probationer; (also) consisting of probationers. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > training > [adjective] > that is undergoing training probationary1818 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [adjective] > of or relating to probation of a person > undergoing probation probationary1818 1818 W. Scott Let. 15 May (1933) V. 145 A probationary piper is exercising a new..pair of bagpipes. 1841 Morning Advertiser (Hobart) 5 Aug. 1/3 To induce the local government to break up the probationary gangs of convicts. 1884 W. J. Courthope Addison ii. 30 The College elected him probationary Fellow in 1697, and actual Fellow the year after. 1926 N.Z. Educ. Gaz. 1 Dec. 202/2 Teachers selected for service as probationary assistants must understand they are still under training. 1964 M. Banton Policeman in Community ii. 17 On the Friday he has instructed a number of new recruits (probationary constables) to parade at the station at 6 a.m. 2004 Z. Unger Working Fire iv. 58 We were done being recruits, and now we were probationary firefighters—‘probies’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1648 |
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