| 单词 | conscription act |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconscription act General attributive (chiefly in sense 5b), as conscription act, conscription bill, conscription levy, conscription system, etc. ΚΠ 1797 tr. in R. Townson Trav. Hungary xii. 291 There are 160 families of Jews, as a gentleman, who had been engaged in drawing up the conscription lists, assured me. 1803 Sketches Intrinsic Strength France & Russia I. 57 In as far as relates to the conscription system in France, this difference is professed to be done away; and the mass of the nation rejoice at it. 1863 Illustr. London News 42 551/1 The Federal Government intends to commence the enforcement of the Conscription Act at once. 1917 Times 2 Jan. 7/1 There were almost daily purgings by the expulsion of State and Federal Labour members..associated..with the conscription campaign. 1940 Life 30 Sept. 18/2 Even before the President signed the conscription bill, the martial movement of America was already under way. 2000 M. Broers Napoleon's Other War ii. 47 The government had announced a supplementary conscription levy of 200,000 men. < as lemmas |
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