| 单词 | ex-service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasex-service(s) (b) When the designation to which ex- is prefixed is a phrase, the hyphenated prefix has the appearance of being attached simply to the first word. Hence ex- occasionally occurs in actual combination with an adjective, with sense ‘formerly’. ex-service(s) adj., having formerly belonged to one of the fighting services; of or pertaining to former servicemen. ΚΠ 1826 J. Bentham in Westm. Rev. 6 457 Ex-learned as I am, and, therefore, if ever, no longer learned—in the law in general, never learned at all. 1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 184 I have heard him more than once tell of his rencontre with an ex-flogging Secretary at War. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 413 A score of ex-Thuggee officers. 1887 Charity Organ. Rev. June 254 One of our ex-boarded-out boys enlisted some three years ago. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Sept. 12/1 The 6,000,000 dols...is mainly made up of this ex-Russian capital. 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 2/2 Such nonsense..is unworthy of an ex-Liberal ex-Lord Chancellor. 1907 Daily Chron. 5 Dec. 6/7 March of the unemployed ex-service men through the West-end of London to Hyde Park. 1910 Vanity Fair 13 Jan. 55/1 Employment for ex-Service men is always a pressing question. 1940 J. Betjeman Old Lights for New Chancels 25 I have my ex-Service man and Mamie's done a lino-cut. 1941 Times Weekly 23 Apr. 12/3 (advt.) Please send your donation to..Ex-Services Welfare Society. 1945 Ann. Reg. 1944 156 Maori ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen can participate fully in all benefits. < as lemmas |
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