| 释义 |
selectee U.S.|sɪlɛkˈtiː|
[f. select v. + -ee.]
A person selected for military service under the Selective Service system; a draftee. Now chiefly transf.
1940Army & Navy Register (U.S.) 30 Nov. 7/2 The public considers the percentage of rejections of selectees high. 1942Newsweek 27 Apr. 41/3 The Selectee is to be given a furlough up to ten days to arrange his personal affairs. 1958Optima Mar. 47/2 The suspicion remains that the selectee is being favoured because he is regarded as the ‘comer’—the man most likely to succeed in the immediately foreseeable future. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 10a/3 Most of Carter's selectees..passed in a breeze. |