| 单词 | the senior service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe senior service a. That ranks before others in virtue of longer service or tenure of a position; superior to others in standing. the senior service: the navy as distinguished from the army. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > [adjective] > superior greata1382 higha1400 seniora1513 superordinate1615 high-ranking1850 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > [noun] > the British navy the king's (also queen's) navya1382 Royal Navy1583 the navy royal1601 the fleet1712 RN?1791 the senior service1899 silent service1904 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xx. sig. g.vi Bycause that Werburge, in order was senyoure Her mother Ermenylde, gaue her the sufferaynte. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 245 You are aware that he is senior to Marshal Beresford. 1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xxiv. 225 The Inner and Middle Temple..are the two senior Inns. 1899 Hope Huntly Our Code of Honour xxii ‘It was my heart's desire in boyhood to enter the senior service’. ‘Then why did you not?’ ‘Oh, I yielded to my mother; she was keen on the army.’ 1911 London Mag. Oct. 264 The Admiral turned round... ‘The Army’, he said gaily, ‘comes to the rescue of the senior Service’. < as lemmas |
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