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单词 community service
释义

community service


community service

n.1. Services volunteered by individuals or an organization to benefit a community or its institutions.2. Similar work performed by law offenders to serve a sentence in lieu of or in addition to jail time.

community service

n 1. (Social Welfare) voluntary work, intended to be for the common good, usually done as part of an organized scheme 2. (Law) See community-service order

commu′nity serv′ice


n. a punitive sentence requiring a convicted person to perform unpaid work for the community in lieu of imprisonment. [1975–80]
Thesaurus
Noun1.community service - a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutionscommunity service - a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutionspublic serviceservice - an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service"
2.community service - an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentenceservice - an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service"
Translations

community service


community service

voluntary work, intended to be for the common good, usually done as part of an organized scheme

Community Service


Community Service

A sentencing option for persons convicted of crimes in which the court orders the defendant to perform a number of hours of unpaid work for the benefit of the public.

A person convicted of a criminal offense may be required to complete a sentence of community service directly or as an express condition of Probation. Typically, the community service will involve performance at a facility that has been authorized by the court or probation department. Community service is appropriate when it is reasonably designed to repair the harm caused by the offense.

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community service


  • noun

Synonyms for community service

noun a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions

Synonyms

  • public service

Related Words

  • service

noun an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence

Related Words

  • service
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