单词 | rescue work |
释义 | > as lemmasrescue work rescue work n. (a) the support or rehabilitation of underprivileged and socially excluded people, esp. prostitutes; (b) work undertaken in the attempt to rescue stranded or endangered people. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > mission for moral or spiritual rehabilitation > work of rescue work1877 1877 Birmingham Daily Post 20 Apr. 5/1 The association would be able to show good reports of rescue work done. 1884 H. Brown Is it Nothing to You? iv. 87 The objects of this society are to promote—(1) Purity among men. (2) A chivalrous respect for womanhood. (3) The preservation of the young from contamination. (4) Rescue work. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 4 Nov. 7/2 To go through..resuscitation drill, in addition to rescue work in the water. 1911 G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma Pref. p. lxxvi The morbid interest in misery and vice which turns some others to philanthropy and ‘rescue work’. 1962 D. Lessing Golden Notebk. iii. 402 The pleasure of recognition, of a bit of rescue-work, so to speak, rescuing the formless into form. 1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 3/3 He took his vessel two miles out to watch the drama unfold and the rescue work of the helicopter and lifeboat crews. < as lemmas |
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