单词 | armed services |
释义 | > as lemmasarmed services armed services n. (with plural agreement and esp. with the) the combined military forces of a country; the army, navy, and air force collectively; cf. armed forces n. ΚΠ 1806 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 20 Sept. 468 All volunteer exertions, as well as the armed services of the people, shall uniformly be at the will and option of the crown. 1943 Daily Progress (Charlottesvile, Va.) 6 Oct. 3/5 A protest..to the War Food Administration against inclusion of smaller sizes of certain varieties of fruit in the governments ‘set-aside’ order to protect needs for the armed services. 1993 Economist 7 Aug. 47/2 Though the factions within the armed services are many, all are unhappy with the economic reforms put in place by Mr Perez. < as lemmas |
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