英语词汇“to see action”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) transitive. spec. To participate in (a war, armed conflict). Now esp. in to see action. In early use usually in negative contexts. See also to see service at service n.¹ Phrases 2c.

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?1520 R. Pynson tr. Frère Hayton Lytell Cronycle f. xviii^v/2 Mangadamor that taryed in the felde se come a company of Bednyns, and putte hym in great fere, as a man that had neuer sene batayle.

1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xxvi. 330 White-livered souldiers..that either never drew sword, nor saw battell, or basely fled from their colours.

1744 Operations Brit. & Allied Arms 15 Troops, which, as they had never seen Action, they took to be raw and undisciplin'd.

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Immortals (Mil.), a term of derision applied to soldiers who never see war.

1862 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 18 Apr. The 41st has seen battle, has fought, and bravely, too.

1944 J. F. Dettman Here was Glory 61 Next week we'll all see action.

1998 Chicago Tribune 24 Dec. i. 14/1 Female fighter pilots from the carrier USS Enterprise became the nation's first to see combat.

2003 Front June 81/1 He saw action in Afghanistan, Chechnya and a load of other places.

单词	to see action
释义	> as lemmas to see action (b) transitive. spec. To participate in (a war, armed conflict). Now esp. in to see action. In early use usually in negative contexts. See also to see service at service n.¹ Phrases 2c. ΚΠ ?1520 R. Pynson tr. Frère Hayton Lytell Cronycle f. xviii^v/2 Mangadamor that taryed in the felde se come a company of Bednyns, and putte hym in great fere, as a man that had neuer sene batayle. 1636 D. Featley Clavis Mystica xxvi. 330 White-livered souldiers..that either never drew sword, nor saw battell, or basely fled from their colours. 1744 Operations Brit. & Allied Arms 15 Troops, which, as they had never seen Action, they took to be raw and undisciplin'd. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Immortals (Mil.), a term of derision applied to soldiers who never see war. 1862 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 18 Apr. The 41st has seen battle, has fought, and bravely, too. 1944 J. F. Dettman Here was Glory 61 Next week we'll all see action. 1998 Chicago Tribune 24 Dec. i. 14/1 Female fighter pilots from the carrier USS Enterprise became the nation's first to see combat. 2003 Front June 81/1 He saw action in Afghanistan, Chechnya and a load of other places. extracted from seev. < as lemmas
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