| 单词 | to be mentioned in dispatches |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be mentioned in dispatches P2. Military. to be mentioned in dispatches: to be commended by name for one's actions in an official military dispatch; also in extended use. Cf. mention n. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > organize military affairs [verb (intransitive)] > be mentioned in dispatches to be mentioned in dispatches1902 1902 (title) South Africa, 1899-1902. Officers and men of the Army and Navy mentioned in despatches. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 434 I fought with the colours..and was disabled at Spion Kop and Bloemfontein, was mentioned in dispatches. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1182/2 Mentioned in despatches. To have one's name appear in a newspaper, a parish magazine, or even on a notice board: jocular. 1975 Times 27 Aug. 20/3 In proud and loving memory of Captain Jocelyn Fulke Dalrymple Radice, The Queen's Bays, mentioned in British and French Army dispatches,..who died of wounds on August 27, 1944. 1995 Q June 130/2 Worth mentioning in dispatches are the hugely hummable title track, the sinuous rhythmically driven Just Wanna Funk With Your Mind [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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