| 单词 | civilian |
| 释义 | civilian (sɪvɪliən ) Word forms: civilians 1. countable noun B2 In a military situation, a civilian is anyone who is not a member of the armed forces. The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] In a military situation, civilian is used to describe people or things that are not military. ...the country's civilian population. ...civilian casualties. ...a soldier in civilian clothes. Collocations: civilian clothing Uniform, civilian clothing and trappings, 1914 to 1918 224pp. The Times Literary Supplement He's in civilian clothing and it's unfinished, but he's every inch a master and commander. Times, Sunday Times The problem can be seen in the subtitle: it promises readers a history of 'uniform, civilian clothing, and trappings'. The Times Literary Supplement On the other hand, rules associated with civilian clothing were relaxed. The Times Literary Supplement After this first phase, three of the group made their way to the back gate of the prison, some disguised in stolen civilian clothing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Beside me a civilian contractor sighs and climbs slowly down, putting on his helmet before continuing with his crossword on the floor. Times, Sunday Times The civilian contractor will be expected to operate out of ten bases around the country and to offer at least the same level of service as at present. Times, Sunday Times The civilian contractor eventually tracked her key back to the garage and it was whisked off for forensic tests, which revealed it had not been moved or tampered with. The Sun Between 1854 and 1859, around 1,200 wooden huts were constructed by a local civilian contractor, at a cost of 100,263. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Eight coalition troops and one civilian contractor were injured. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a reassertion of clear civilian control over the military. Times, Sunday Times He streamlined its management, asserted civilian control, reformed procurement practice and reshaped nuclear doctrine. Times, Sunday Times For the deal to work, the general will need to submit to civilian control of his army. Times, Sunday Times From its inception, it was ingrained in the troops that they were a peoples force under civilian control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Civilian politicians reorganized, reequipped, and professionalized the discredited armed forces and tried to subject them to civilian control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Army doctors and nurses work alongside their civilian counterparts and are periodically sent abroad on operational tours. Times, Sunday Times Questioned on how they thought their pay compared with civilian counterparts, 41 per cent of soldiers and 53 per cent of officers believed their wage was 'worse' or 'much worse'. Times, Sunday Times Their civilian counterparts must do very much better. Times, Sunday Times Their pay compares unfavourably with civilian counterparts. Times, Sunday Times Modern military transport turbofan engines are virtually identical to their civilian counterparts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was sent to jail and a civilian court, then released two days later with a fine. Times, Sunday Times And we are not lying, we have no problem to go to a civilian court and to swear it as we have to do. Times, Sunday Times He's saying military pilots shouldn't appear in a civilian court charged with things that happened in war. The Sun To add to the gravity of the situation, they have been 'derobed' — deprived of their status as monks — and charged in a civilian court, rather than a monastic tribunal. Times, Sunday Times The three suspects were later charged, tried and convicted at a civilian court. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A career path can take one of two directions: civilian employee or uniformed officer. Globe and Mail Stone retired in 1928 as the department's longest-serving civilian employee (50 years). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, even block leaders, detachment commanders, three prisoner functionaries and a civilian employee stood trial. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since 1965 he exclusively worked as a civilian employee for police authorities and intelligence services. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The hospital area contains administrative buildings, barracks, wards, mess halls, storehouses, dispensary, and civilian employee housing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They achieve success by adapting the knowledge, skills and attitudes learnt in the military to the very different demands of civilian employment. Times, Sunday Times Its effectiveness was demonstrated by decisions of the civilian employment tribunals which, in many cases, supported the team's decisions. Times, Sunday Times The flying instructor tried to bring the case before a civilian employment tribunal but the path was blocked. Times, Sunday Times She soon resumed civilian employment, with no change in name, and remained in merchant service until destroyed by fire in 1878. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Civilian employment at the arsenal increased from a pre-war total of 308 to over 1100 workers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both offered the prospect of an end to economic sanctions if the civilian government freed all political prisoners and went through with promised reforms. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The return of a civilian government has eased political turmoil. Times, Sunday Times (2009) In addition, the blockade of humanitarian relief, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and preventing access to basic necessities such as food and fuel, are prima facie war crimes. Times, Sunday Times The presidency deplores the loss of civilian lives and the destruction of civilian infrastructure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tactics focus on destroying military targets while avoiding damage to civilian infrastructure and blockading military resupply are used to decrease the morale of government forces. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 War planners may deem individuals and other items in war zones and rebel controlled area as military assets and not civilian infrastructure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These effects also pose significant survivability requirements on military equipment, supporting civilian infrastructure resources, and host-nation/coalition assets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Furthermore, the new civilian leadership feared offending the military and would not curb the privileges of powerful officers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Portas later called for the detained civilian leadership to be released. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This assistance generally requires parliamentary authorization, though, and takes place in the regular legal framework and under the civilian leadership of the cantonal authorities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His tenure marked his transformation from military to civilian leadership. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was considerable concern that in one of these countries the instructions of the civilian leadership of the host country could overrule the military. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Back in civilian life he worked in the plastics industry and, on a voluntary basis, comforted terminally ill hospice patients. Times, Sunday Times (2011) They mapped out a plan for my transition to civilian life and set up courses on business management, accountancy and workplace health and safety. The Sun (2013) She lives with my grandparents now and has adjusted to civilian life really well. The Sun (2013) Yet this attack is also similar to the kind of multiple shootings we see in civilian life. The Sun (2012) These men and women were often able to bring their experience from civilian life into the battle group. Dusty Warriors: Modern Soldiers at War (2006) But special forces supporters insisted that he turned a scrappy civilian militia, with no logistics or chain of command, into a real fighting force. Times, Sunday Times Furthermore, a civilian-military intelligence apparatus was created, combining colonial and local staff, assisted by a civilian militia. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also makes it easier for rebels or a civilian militia to attack and overthrow the prince. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Throughout the 19th century the institution of the organized civilian militia began to decline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In land and naval combats it involved both regular forces and civilian militia on both sides. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are pumping in 21,000 extra soldiers, billions of dollars and hundreds of civilian officials to help to rebuild the country. Times, Sunday Times For civilian officials, it has been a war on bribetaking and on unnecessary spending. Times, Sunday Times Like their civilian counterparts, they are also a resource in decision-making, policy setting, and oversight of the military and civilian staff supporting the civilian official, general officer, or flag officer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His civilian officials would also be given complete legal impunity for possible war crimes committed in the past. Times, Sunday Times An alcalde (roughly equivalent to a strong mayor) was appointed, supplemented by other civilian officials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Long before the days of radio or television, let alone social media, he knew the power of symbolic action and the importance of the civilian oversight of policing. Times, Sunday Times Fire departments may also have unsworn or non-uniformed members in non-firefighting capacities such as administration and civilian oversight, e.g., a board of commissioners. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Civilian oversight of police services has become an important accountability mechanism to police powers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were also concerns regarding the constables overstepping their jurisdiction when it came to criminal investigations, and a lack of civilian oversight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A second inquiry recommended a total ban on all serving military and civilian personnel talking to the media for money. The Sun The department has 266 police officers and 42 civilian personnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The decoration may be awarded either to military or civilian personnel and may be awarded posthumously. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The targets may be either military or civilian personnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The unit houses 153 active duty, nine reserve duty and five civilian personnel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He spent the next 30 years as a civilian pilot, 'some of which was almost as lethal as wartime', he said. Times, Sunday Times From 1937 to 1939 he trained and worked as a civilian pilot. Times, Sunday Times He left the armed forces at the end of the war and took a job as a civilian pilot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was originally a civilian pilot with experience in the leadership of some of the aircraft (1,000 flight hours) and holds a commercial aircraft license. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Currently, over 50% of the civilian pilot population uses some form of visual correction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But what we witnessed last week was monstrous collateral damage inflicted unintentionally on a civilian plane, on someone else's battlefield. Times, Sunday Times A civilian plane was chosen for this deliberately, disregarding or, possibly, counting on loss of human life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An airport source said that the passenger halls and two civilian planes sustained serious damage. Times,Sunday Times I knew this was a civilian plane. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Part of the military complex was also 08/26 runway, which was not used by civilian planes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Civilian police workers should be given powers to arrest and search members of the public, according to a plan for radical police reform. Times, Sunday Times A civilian police force has also been asked to support this investigation. Times, Sunday Times The military police could not be expected to achieve the same status of evidence as civilian police, he said. Times, Sunday Times The use of public funds to bolster the security of civilian police workers' homes contrasts with the response of many forces when ordinary people complain about antisocial behaviour. Times, Sunday Times The civilian police have already concluded that no criminal offences occurred. Times, Sunday Times Analysts agree that security and defence policies are rarely decided by the civilian politicians who are nominally in charge. Times, Sunday Times A coup seemed inevitable in 1973, but it was thought that the military would soon hand back power to the civilian politicians. Times, Sunday Times But it became a political force in the country over decades owing to deliberate choices on the part of both military rulers and civilian politicians. Times, Sunday Times Civilian politicians reorganized, reequipped, and professionalized the discredited armed forces and tried to subject them to civilian control. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His cabinet consisted solely of career bureaucrats as he distrusted career civilian politicians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three decades of military and civilian rule have failed to get electricity supplies anywhere near demand. Times, Sunday Times His anticorruption campaign and prevarication over a return to civilian rule have upset resentful political powerbrokers. Times, Sunday Times The elections aim to entrench civilian rule in an area wracked by war for decades. Times, Sunday Times Yet the military council's critics are calling for further demonstrations to demand an immediate transfer to civilian rule. Times, Sunday Times The time has come for a genuine transition to civilian rule, led by a broad-based national consensus government. Times, Sunday Times Its ideas are even garnering acceptance in civilian society in some parts. Times, Sunday Times Many are returning home to a civilian society that has little understanding of their experiences. Times, Sunday Times Soon civilian society will have to absorb waves of newly redundant veterans, many of whom will need help and training if they are to lead productive, prosperous and fulfilling lives. Times, Sunday Times When he returned to civilian society, he opened a free clinic and began to practice exclusively using his method. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Militaries often function as societies within societies, by having their own military communities, economies, education, medicine and other aspects of a functioning civilian society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Great efforts were made during the war to mask the reality of the civilian target by using generic terms such as 'industrial centres'. Times, Sunday Times She hits every single target, and even avoids the trick civilian target at the end. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That failure prompted a turn in strategy towards nighttime raids aimed at civilian targets. Times, Sunday Times Independent human rights observers confirmed that civilian targets had been repeatedly hit, including basements where terrified residents had sought refuge and were trapped for days. Times, Sunday Times This military view of civilian targets has effects on the equity of applied legal principles on which the prosecution of crimes against humanity are based. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But pressure for a ceasefire looked certain to mount as the civilian toll climbed. The Sun The civilian toll in the first 24 hours of the ground offensive - launched after a week of bombardment from air, land and sea- was at least 64 dead. Times, Sunday Times The civilian toll was the highest anywhere since the second world war. Times, Sunday Times Estimates for the civilian toll are similarly disparate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Last night they announced the end of fuel for civilian use and the compulsory disabling of all remaining civilian cars. Times, Sunday Times This one involved decommissioning a plant that had made laser guidance systems for the military and retooling it to make laser pointers for civilian use. Times, Sunday Times He claimed the parts were for civilian use. The Sun It also challenged the methodology of researchers, claiming that buildings that had a civilian use before the conflict could not be assumed to be fulfilling the same role now. Times, Sunday Times They now serve in several different navies, and some have been converted to civilian use. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In this article the term armored car invariably means a reinforced civilian vehicle, not the military vehicle often so named. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Surprisingly, civilian vehicle production was not set aside till 1943. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Entertaining and hiring of civilian vehicles are banned. The Sun All types of vehicles including civilian vehicles with low ground clearances are accommodated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Civilian vehicles now have the option to try to avoid the player's vehicle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Under the banner of total war, these civilian victims could be portrayed as partisans. Times, Sunday Times No compensation has been forthcoming for the 3,000-plus civilian victims of the coalition. The Times Literary Supplement The organization assists civilian victims of war in post-conflict zones. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Emergency claims that it helps civilian victims of war without being hindered by bureaucracy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 International reaction to the attacks was widespread, with many countries and international organisations condemning the attacks and expressing their condolences to the civilian victims. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An inspector laughed and agreed with his comments about the civilian worker post, a misconduct hearing was told. The Sun Civilian workers received a ration of 250 grams of bread a day, but the young and old got only 125 grams — three thin slices. Times, Sunday Times The plea came as the civilian workers' families told of their frustration. The Sun Officers and civilian workers can also learn bhangra dancing or sample different cuisines. The Sun Cops' leaders claimed hiring more civilian workers would lead to a 'de-skilled' force. The Sun The drone that took out these two little losers did not harm a hair on the head of any innocent civilian. The Sun Like all warriors with a take-no-prisoners approach to a problem, however, she occasionally sweeps some innocent civilians into her net. The Times Literary Supplement However, the brutality of the conflict leads the team to disobey orders and intervene to save the lives of innocent civilians. The Sun He has condemned the 'mission creep' behind the project, protesting that the database was never intended to include innocent civilians. Times, Sunday Times The marines found it nearly impossible to separate innocent civilians from guerrilla fighters. Globe and Mail I need a pair of ordinary civilians uncorrupted by the cursed hand of the publishing industry. Times,Sunday Times These rules apply not only to armies but to intelligence services; and they apply not only to ordinary civilians but to civilian leaders. Times,Sunday Times It's also a real challenge, because most of the new recruits are ordinary civilians with no soldiering experience. Times, Sunday Times Ordinary civilians have had homes looted and seized. Times, Sunday Times And where you can't tell ordinary civilians from enemy operatives, much depends on on-theground intelligence. The Times Literary Supplement It will also protect civilians, and save lives. Times, Sunday Times Today rebels groups and government soldiers battle it out not to protect civilians but to control the mines and the wealth that flows from them. Times, Sunday Times He said the rebels had been given better communications equipment to help protect civilians. The Sun It would appear that we have become involved in direct intervention against ground targets supposedly to protect civilians. Times, Sunday Times The security council was urged to take 'concrete action' to protect civilians. Times, Sunday Times An unarmed civilian was also wounded in the fire fight. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to international maritime law, any military vessel stopping an unarmed civilian ship was required to allow those on board time to escape before sinking it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Few countries use them as a method of riot control against unarmed civilians. Times, Sunday Times Almost all of them were partisans or unarmed civilians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The counters included markers for police, fire fighters, military and unarmed civilians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 About 230 wounded civilians were evacuated by ship from the town; probably a tiny proportion of the growing casualty toll. Times, Sunday Times He also promised a brief ceasefire to allow the evacuation of wounded civilians. Times, Sunday Times Cross offices hoping for a passage on the aid ship, but only foreign passport holders and some wounded civilians were expected to be allowed to board. Times, Sunday Times He forced his way into demolished buildings, directed rescue operations and at times crawled into cellars to administer hypodermics to trapped and wounded civilians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Attacks carried out resulted in a large number of dead and wounded civilians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 民间的, 平民 Japanese: 民間の, 民間人 |
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