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

6. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S. Military). to pull (one's) rank (also stripes, status, etc.): to employ one's superior status to obtain obedience, cooperation, or privilege; to make (unfair) use of one's seniority. Frequently with on.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [verb (transitive)] > employ superior status

to pull (one's) rank (also stripes, status, etc.)1892

1892 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 752/1 The Colonel was an aggressive martinet, and would not hesitate to pull his rank on a subordinate when that would strengthen his position.

1923 Amer. Legion Weekly 23 Feb. 18 Don't pull your rank on him, K.P. You were only a private yourself, once.

1926 Amer. Speech 2 62/2 Give him..officers who do not ‘pull rank’, and he is well content.

1949 Washington Post 1 May iii. 2 (headline) Navy varsity pulls rank on frosh crew.

1958 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More xiii. 242 Don't you pull your stripes on me, sarge.

1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 228 Teddy pulled seniority and they gave him his way.

1976 H. MacInnes Agent in Place xiv. 148 ‘What if he refuses to go with them?’ ‘They'll be senior men, they'll pull rank.’

2001 National Rev. (U.S.) (Nexis) 3 May For those who have [experience of combat], it's awfully tempting to pull status and say: ‘You've no right to judge these things. You can't imagine what it's like.’

单词	to pull rank
释义	> as lemmas to pull (one's) rank (also stripes, status, etc.) 6. transitive. colloquial (originally U.S. Military). to pull (one's) rank (also stripes, status, etc.): to employ one's superior status to obtain obedience, cooperation, or privilege; to make (unfair) use of one's seniority. Frequently with on. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [verb (transitive)] > employ superior status to pull (one's) rank (also stripes, status, etc.)1892 1892 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 752/1 The Colonel was an aggressive martinet, and would not hesitate to pull his rank on a subordinate when that would strengthen his position. 1923 Amer. Legion Weekly 23 Feb. 18 Don't pull your rank on him, K.P. You were only a private yourself, once. 1926 Amer. Speech 2 62/2 Give him..officers who do not ‘pull rank’, and he is well content. 1949 Washington Post 1 May iii. 2 (headline) Navy varsity pulls rank on frosh crew. 1958 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More xiii. 242 Don't you pull your stripes on me, sarge. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 228 Teddy pulled seniority and they gave him his way. 1976 H. MacInnes Agent in Place xiv. 148 ‘What if he refuses to go with them?’ ‘They'll be senior men, they'll pull rank.’ 2001 National Rev. (U.S.) (Nexis) 3 May For those who have [experience of combat], it's awfully tempting to pull status and say: ‘You've no right to judge these things. You can't imagine what it's like.’ extracted from pullv. < as lemmas
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