| 单词 | state of emergency |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstate of emergency d. spec., as a political term, to describe a condition approximating to that of war; occasionally as a synonym or euphemism for war; also state of emergency, wherein the normal constitution is suspended. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] MarsOE war1154 warc1374 irona1387 guerre?a1475 Mart?a1475 (the) feat of warc1503 militia1641 sport of kings1735 emergency1958 1958 Spectator 17 Jan. 65/2 He has declared a state of emergency to suppress a strike of African railway workers. 1958 Oxf. Mag. 13 Mar. 374/2 The unmentionable word ‘war’ decently euphemised as ‘emergency’. < as lemmas |
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