| 单词 | security service |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecurity service security service n. (sometimes in plural) any of various national organizations charged with the maintenance of security; spec. in Britain (usually with capital initials) the official name for MI5 (see MI5 n. at M n. Initialisms 1). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police secret service1737 intelligence department1794 secret police1823 security service1918 S.S.1933 S.I.S.1939 intel1961 trade1966 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > political police > [noun] > secret service or police > British Special Branch1883 security service1918 MI5?1921 MI6?1921 firm1952 the Circus1963 S.B.1964 six1969 1918 Rep. Indian Constit. Reform i. i. 10 in Parl. Papers 8 Their assumption that British responsibility for India requires a preponderating proportion of British officers in the security services did not commend itself to many Indian critics. 1940 H. Koehler Inside Gestapo ii. 30 Heydrich's power is much more founded on the Security Service of the Reich Fuehrer S.S...than on the Gestapo. 1951 N. Brook in Ld. Denning's Rep. 79 in Parl. Papers 1962–3 (Cmnd. 2152) XXIV. 349 I recommend that the Security Service should in future be responsible to the Home Secretary. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. ix. 167 Until 1952 the Prime Minister was directly responsible for the security service. 2008 Guardian 2 Feb. (Guide Suppl.) 93/3 A disquieting documentary that reveals increasing intolerance and an Islamisation within Egypt's security services. < as lemmas |
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