| 单词 | conscientious objector |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconscientious objector conscientious objector n. (a) a person who refuses on the grounds of conscience to comply with a requirement (also with to); spec. such a person who refuses to serve in the armed forces (cf. conchie n.); (b) (in weakened sense) a person with a strong objection to something. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [noun] > pacifist in principle peace man1795 antipolemist1817 pacifist1906 pacificist1907 conscientious objector1916 Percy1916 conchie1917 passivist1919 war resister1935 dove1962 1825 J. N. Pearson Whole Wks. Robert Leighton I. p. xvii Their stern determination to force that bitter morsel on conscientious objectors. 1843 Baptist Mag. Nov. 592/2 Either oaths are necessary, and in that case they should be uniformly required, or they are not necessary, and in that case they should not be required of a conscientious objector of one religious community more than of another. 1899 Whitaker's Almanack 400/1 A conscientious objector to vaccination can..escape all penalties. 1916 A. Huxley Let. 2 Mar. (1969) 92 Conscientious objectors were not so disgustingly hectored as they seem to have been in London. 1926 N. N. Puckett in Opportunity Mar. 84/1 The conscientious objector to folk-lore should also realize that not all of folk-knowledge is pure chaff. 1966 C. M. Bowra Memories 1898–1939 xiv. 352 Knowing how cruelly conscientious objectors had been treated in the First World War, I was determined to see that their cases were put intelligibly before the tribunals. 2009 G. Sheedy in P. J. Grace Nursing Ethics & Professional Responsibility in Adv. Pract. iii. xii. 364 Patients in urban areas who have insurance coverage can usually access a large or several large medical centers that offer a variety of services.., which makes it easier for a conscientious objector to find another provider who will agree to care for the patient. < as lemmas |
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