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单词 short-service
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short-service
short-service n. military service limited to a prescribed short period; also attributive.
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society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > period of service
long service1782
hitch1835
short-service1882
1882 E. W. Hamilton Diary 19 Nov. (1972) I. 361 What struck him [sc. Mr. Gladstone] most was the magnificent appearance of the line regiments—an unanswerable proof against the charges of short service.
1897 Daily News 9 Feb. 6/3 A sufficient short-service home army, and a really effective reserve force.
1905 H. O. Arnold-Forster in Hansard's Parl. Deb. 4th Ser. 29 Mar. 1582 If we were allowed to take the Militia and make them the short-service Army.
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